Android Utililty Methods Mac Address Get

Description

The list of methods to do Mac Address Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

String

getMac(Context context)
Obtain the mac address

WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) context
        .getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
WifiInfo wifiInfo = wifiManager.getConnectionInfo();
String macAddress = wifiInfo.getMacAddress();
return macAddress;

String

getMACAddress(String interfaceName)
Returns MAC address of the given interface name.

try {
    List<NetworkInterface> interfaces = Collections
            .list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces());
    for (NetworkInterface intf : interfaces) {
        if (interfaceName != null) {
            if (!intf.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(interfaceName))
                continue;
        byte[] mac = intf.getHardwareAddress();
        if (mac == null)
            return "";
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        for (int idx = 0; idx < mac.length; idx++)
            buf.append(String.format("%02X:", mac[idx]));
        if (buf.length() > 0)
            buf.deleteCharAt(buf.length() - 1);
        return buf.toString();
} catch (Exception ex) {
return "";