I'd hesitate to call say that they are using malware techniques. Creating a replacement lock screen requires a lot of hair pulling and playing around. There's no API for switching lock screens you have to put stuff together that in ways that were probably never intended. All of the ones in the market have their own quirks on different devices and Android versions.
On Jul 19, 10:05 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:56 AM, arnouf <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't agree with you mark, because there are some differents apps on > > market replacing lock screen without change the installed firmware or > > change root access. > > Those are not replacement lock screens. Those use malware techniques. > > Google has said on this list, repeatedly, that there are no APIs for > replacing the lock screen nor any near-term plans to add any. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
