NetworkInterface.GetHardwareAddress Method
Definition
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Returns the hardware address (usually MAC) of the interface if it has one and if it can be accessed given the current privileges.
[Android.Runtime.Register("getHardwareAddress", "()[B", "")]
public byte[]? GetHardwareAddress ();[<Android.Runtime.Register("getHardwareAddress", "()[B", "")>]
member this.GetHardwareAddress : unit -> byte[]Returns
a byte array containing the address, or null if
the address doesn't exist, is not accessible or a security
manager is set and the caller does not have the permission
NetPermission("getNetworkInformation"). For example, this
method will generally return null when called by
non-system apps (or 02:00:00:00:00:00 for apps having
targetSdkVersion < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.R).
- Attributes
Exceptions
if an I/O error occurs.
Remarks
Returns the hardware address (usually MAC) of the interface if it has one and if it can be accessed given the current privileges. If a security manager is set, then the caller must have the permission NetPermission("getNetworkInformation").
Added in 1.6.
Java documentation for java.net.NetworkInterface.getHardwareAddress().
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