Android How to get IMEI number in Android

How to get IMEI number in Android

The code snippate below enables you get the IMEI number of any android device

TelephonyManager  telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager)context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

 String deviceId = telephonyManager.getDeviceId(); 

    Log.d(TAG, "getDeviceId() " + deviceId);

Paste this piece of code in your activity and the monitor the logcat to see the IMEI number of the device. You can as well output this as a Toast.
Add this permission on the android manifest file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

For this code to work you must test it with a real device.