Android, get cell id

Hello Everybody,

A quick snippet to get CORRECT cell id for Android:

public static int getCID(Context ctx) {

try {

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager)ctx.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

GsmCellLocation location = (GsmCellLocation)tm.getCellLocation();

int locationCellid = location.getCid();

int cellId = -1; // set to unknown location by default

if(cellId > 0) { // known location

cellId = locationCellid & 0xffff; // get only valuable bytes

}

return cellId;

} catch (Exception ignored) {}

return -1;

}

This super usefull info was found at: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/b8ae536a3ae444f3

Happy location determination! (:

Best regards,

Yahor