Thanks for the reply. So there's no existing API that allows an app to pass a security credential(PIN/passphrase/etc) to the security framework for user authentication/screen unlock purposes?
Is there a reason why there isn't a way for an app to pass a security credential to the framework? The only I can think of are for security reasons (risks of malware taking over the authentication process and performing a DoS attack by locking the phone with incorrect credentials for example), but I've come across apps that apparently are able to change the actual user credential (e.g. Moving Target - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inh.android.movingtarget), which seems to me to be a greater security risk. On Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:01:30 AM UTC+8, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > It is not possible to do this at the app level, unfortunately. > > Kris > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:59 AM, galapogos <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to create a lockscreen replacement at the application > level > > that replaces the device's security lock, whether it be PIN, passphrase, > > pattern or face unlock, or potentially a new method? I know it's > possible in > > the framework level, and have done it before, but I'm just wondering if > it's > > possible to do it at the application level. > > > > So far the few lockscreen replacements that I've tried only implement a > > slide gesture unlock lockscreen UI, and falls back to the device's > security > > lock after that. > > > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks! > > > > -- > > -- > > 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]<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
