Android Mac Address Get getMACAddress(String interfaceName)

Description

Returns MAC address of the given interface name.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
interfaceName	eth0, wlan0 or NULL=use first interface

Return

mac address or empty string

Declaration

public static String getMACAddress(String interfaceName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//w ww  .  j a v  a2s.c o  m
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, Rinc Liu (http://rincliu.com).
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns MAC address of the given interface name.
     * 
     * @param interfaceName eth0, wlan0 or NULL=use first interface
     * @return mac address or empty string
     */
    public static String getMACAddress(String interfaceName) {
        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) {
        } // for now eat exceptions
        return "";
    }
}

Related

1. getMac(Context context)