Integrate Anti-Piracy check into your Application.

Overview

Provided below source code shows how to check is running device in Android anti-piracy black list database or not.

Set permissions in AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.artfulbits.aiCurrency"
  android:versionCode="3"
  android:versionName="1.2.0">
  <application
    android:icon="@drawable/app_icon"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:name=".CurrencyApplication"
    android:allowClearUserData="true">
   
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>

Source Code integration example

package aiCharts.GallerySample;

import com.artfulbits.aiCharts.ChartView;
import com.artfulbits.aiCharts.Base.*;
import com.artfulbits.aiCharts.Types.ChartTypes;

import android.app.*;
import android.app.AlertDialog.Builder;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.*;

public class TestActivity extends Activity
{
  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
  {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    // shutdown process if device in black list
    if( getIMEIStatus() > 0 )
      Process.killProcess(Process.myPid());
  }

  /**
  * Determines status of device's IMEI.
  * 
  * @return -1 - imei status retrieval failed. 0 - Green status 1 to 3 - Yellow
  * status 3 to 5 - Brown status above 5 - Red status
  */
  public int getIMEIStatus()
  {
    // 1. Get device ID
    TelephonyManager manager = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    String sDeviceID = manager.getDeviceId();
    // 2. Fetch for IMEI data.
    // Will look like
    // http://www.artfulbits.com/android/antipiracycheck.ashx?IMEI=123456789123456
    String url = "http://www.artfulbits.com/android/antipiracycheck.ashx?IMEI="
                + sDeviceID;
    // Server will return 200 if request post was successful.
    int http_ok = 200;
    // Create new http client.
    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
    // Create new http post.
    HttpPost post = new HttpPost(url);
    // Cache http response.
    HttpResponse response = null;
    // Will return -1 unless server provides its own value.
    int imeiStatus = -1;
    try
    {
      // Executind post.
      response = client.execute(post);
      // Making sure we've received correct status code.
      if(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == http_ok)
      {
        // Retrieving content stream.
        InputStream stream = response.getEntity().getContent();
        // Decorating stream with Input stream reader
        InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream);
        // Decorating input stream reader with buffered stream reader.
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(isr);
        // Reading imei status from stream.
        imeiStatus = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
        // Closing buffered reader will recursively close decorated input stream
        // reader and input stream.
        reader.close();
      }
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
          e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return imeiStatus;
  }
}