On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Noah <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for your responses, Mark. I understand your reasoning. I guess > I'm just confused how there are so many "app protector" applications > in the Market if this isn't officially supported. Are they all using > security holes to listen for application launches and protect them via > password? > The one I have looked at is using private implementation details to find out when an app switch happens. As such, there is a good chance it will break in the future. Actually I have done some investigation with warning the user about what it is doing or otherwise dealing with it; I don't have a solution yet as it is tricky to do without breaking well behaved applications. Unless I just wanted to directly change the implementation detail it is relying on for no other purpose than to break it... which admittedly is sometimes tempting. :) -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
