Dan, do you mean storing a HashMap on the phone or in ram. The former is no different than using the sqllite database with the exception that you would then have to write your own less optimized accessors and the later doesn't give you persistence. This question should not be so easily dismissed. There are tons of apps coming that will need real security as the world moves their lives to their phones. This early in establishing frameworks and methodologies, all holes in technology need to be fleshed out.
On Nov 2, 4:22 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, my first question would be why do you need a database? I've > seen many folks here go through the trouble of building a database > when a HashMap would be perfectly sufficient. > > On Oct 27, 7:13 pm, swgillan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have seen a few discussions on this, but I just wanted to see if > > there has been anything new. > > > Currently, a rooted phone can access the /data/data/ > > com.your.company.here/ path. Insides are all the wonderful areas like > > databases, files, and preferences. In fact, I was actually horrified > > to see that I could browse all the apps data on my development phone. > > > Is there a way to protect someone from accessing these (ie, password > > protect the database from shell access)? > > > My issue is specifically in the database. While there isn't anything > > regarding passwords stored inside, there is some intellectual property > > in terms of the actual data and schema that could make it easier for > > people to copy what my application does. > > > My solution right now is to clear the particular tables I don't want > > people seeing in the database in onDestroy (when the user exits), or > > more accurately in onPause() with isFinishing(). Every time the > > application is launched the database is repopulated, so I am not > > worried about losing any data. I do realize that this isn't foolproof, > > but it seems to be better then nothing. > > > Is there a better way? > > > Regards, > > > Steven Gillan -- 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
