Bryan Ashby wrote: > I'm not asking to "hijack" a Android, but > are there legit methods for "locking down" a device?
Unfortunately, one man's "locking down" is another man's "hijacking". The "legit methods" pretty much would involve core firmware modifications. Android, as it stands today, is definitely user-empowering and not especially designed for "locking down". What follows is random musings on where you could go from here, and are probably worth about what you're paying for them... ;-) I don't know who "we" is in your "we are looking to write parental control software for the Android". I feel fairly confident that there will be device manufacturers interested in such software, either truly for parental control or possibly for enterprise settings. There have been a few comments on these lists suggesting interest in those capabilities. Assuming you are with some ISV, I can see two strategies, not mutually exclusive: 1. Work with an existing third-party Android browser (e.g., Steel) to offer a "parental control" edition, mostly as a proof of concept. Simultaneously, figure out how to implement those same hooks into the native browser as part of a firmware build. Pitch the result to device manufacturers, using the publicly-available edition as the "take home" demo. 2. Figure out ways to add a filtering API to Android's WebKit browser, usable only by applications that hold such-and-so permission. Submit that to the open source project. If successful, you can ship a filtering product that works on off-the-shelf hardware once that patch hits devices. Discussion on the strategy side would probably be best over on [android-discuss]. Discussion of the firmware side would be best on one of the firmware lists: http://source.android.com/discuss -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
