I didn't say that was a security hole, but I believe you could. What I said was bad was when an apparently could gain power over the system.
AM polling is an option, but while it's a possible hack, they certainly don't *want* this, hence lack of an API, you can see the lengthy discussions as to the lack of a broadcast supporting this On Jul 27, 2012 10:00 AM, "Pent" <supp...@apps.dinglisch.net> wrote: > > By the way, I think anyone at Google would argue this is a security hole, > > so I'm not alone > > They seem to allow services to do virtually anything that an activity > can do at virtually any time. Doesn't seem to me they consider it a > security hole. > > My app is called Tasker. It uses ActivityManager polling, which I > detest. > > Pent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
