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authorScott Main <smain@google.com>2013-11-12 09:23:13 -0800
committerScott Main <smain@google.com>2013-11-12 09:23:13 -0800
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clarify that ANDROID_ID is unique for each user in multi-user environment.
bug: 8073630 Change-Id: Iff18e892a1e0422a85edd83f97ba4285f2171f74
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-rw-r--r--core/java/android/provider/Settings.java11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
index 7f24539..04f3f0a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
@@ -3252,9 +3252,14 @@ public final class Settings {
/**
* A 64-bit number (as a hex string) that is randomly
- * generated on the device's first boot and should remain
- * constant for the lifetime of the device. (The value may
- * change if a factory reset is performed on the device.)
+ * generated when the user first sets up the device and should remain
+ * constant for the lifetime of the user's device. The value may
+ * change if a factory reset is performed on the device.
+ * <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> When a device has <a
+ * href="{@docRoot}about/versions/android-4.2.html#MultipleUsers">multiple users</a>
+ * (available on certain devices running Android 4.2 or higher), each user appears as a
+ * completely separate device, so the {@code ANDROID_ID} value is unique to each
+ * user.</p>
*/
public static final String ANDROID_ID = "android_id";