commit f09f5f52f3e3ab08a3c50994d53ec95364abfeb6
author Gian G Spicuzza <gian@google.com> Mon Apr 16 22:08:09 2018 -0400
committer Vikas Marwaha <vikasmarwaha@google.com> Tue Jul 10 22:50:02 2018 +0000
tree da034e3aefa4691c1fc21c93b7ec852ae596b4ed
parent 33fe1618c76b9c7a29e5b95763c0c215a9fb6e89

CDD: Gate Build.SERIAL behind the PHONE permission

SERIAL now returns “UNKNOWN". For apps that need access a device's hardware serial number, they should request the READ_PHONE_STATE permission, then call getSerial()

Bug: 75962571

Test: none
Change-Id: I6de2dcc89ac12b2ccb9a5d8b0a285e112e50ab38

3_software/3_2_soft-api-compatibility.md

diff --git a/3_software/3_2_soft-api-compatibility.md b/3_software/3_2_soft-api-compatibility.md
index 0d4a3ce..b414414 100644
--- a/3_software/3_2_soft-api-compatibility.md
+++ b/3_software/3_2_soft-api-compatibility.md
@@ -175,10 +175,7 @@
  </tr>
  <tr>
     <td>SERIAL</td>
-    <td>A hardware serial number, which MUST be available and unique across
-    devices with the same MODEL and MANUFACTURER. The value of this field MUST
-    be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression
-    &ldquo;^([a-zA-Z0-9]{6,20})$&rdquo;.</td>
+    <td>MUST return "UNKNOWN".</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
     <td>TAGS</td>
@@ -237,6 +234,13 @@
     encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression
     &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9._-,]+$&rdquo;.</td>
  </tr>
+ <tr>
+    <td><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.html#getSerial()">getSerial()</a></td>
+    <td> MUST (be or return) a hardware serial number, which MUST be available
+    and unique across devices with the same MODEL and MANUFACTURER. The value of
+    this field MUST be encodable as 7-bit ASCII and match the regular expression
+    &ldquo;^[a-zA-Z0-9._-,]+$&rdquo;.</td>
+ </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### 3.2.3\. Intent Compatibility