The call screen has been secured on the Motorola Droid from launching an activity when an event is detected.
I have tried to fire the home activity and then launch my activity, but it is still blocked. However, I can open other applications from the home screen. Any ideas to get my activity to display during a call? It has been working until the Droid was released. Even testing through the emulator works fine. Just not on the Droid. Is it possible to find a solution similar to installing apk's from unknown sources? If the user must manually approve access to the in-call screen, is the security concern reduced? The ability to provide customized information or actions to users depending on their needs would be very useful. On Nov 9, 10:17 am, "Fred Grott(Android Expert, http://mobilebytes.wordpress.com)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems to me if we could come up with a pleasant icon of warning that > it is not the default call-screen that my alleviate some problems > > have the icon clickable with an information screen/toast > > On Nov 4, 4:24 pm, Jarman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry, I meant "she" of course, too fast on the keyboard :) > > > This has been resolved, it´s not a bug. This is the response I got > > when i reported it as a possible security issue: > > > It depends on what you mean by "override the in-call screen". > > > In the discussion groups this *usually* comes up when someone wants to > > totally replace the in-call UI with a new design (which should still > > be > > fully functional, but just look different.) This unfortunately isn't > > possible in Android 1.x or 2.0 because 3rd party apps aren't (yet) > > allowed > > full access to the telephony APIs. > > > But you're just talking about the ability to pop up some other > > activity on > > top of the in-call UI. Looking at your app's description, I assume it > > listens for incoming call events, and then eventually launches some > > other > > activity on top of the in-call screen. Sure, there's nothing > > preventing > > this; any 3rd party app (with appropriate permissions) can launch new > > activities whenever it wants. > > > (You're right that a malicious app could do this and be extremely > > annoying, but the user can always hit HOME, and get back to the real > > InCallScreen by pressing the green button or selecting the in-call > > notification.) > > > Also FWIW, this app (and the similar ones also in the market) do > > require > > at least a couple of permissions marked as "dangerous", so at least > > the > > user will see a warning before installing it... > > > Bottom line: no security hole here. It's possible for an app (with > > the > > right permissions) to be annoying, but even so it's still fairly easy > > for > > the user to recover. > > > On 4 Nov, 20:15, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Didn't the whitepages app come out in the very very first days of the > > > market with this capability? (I didn't use it much, at the time there > > > was no 3g in this area. Plus, submitting incoming phone #s to a 3rd > > > party service was really skeevy.) > > > > As an aside, Dianne is a girl's name. :) > > > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:47 AM,Jarman<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just had a private mail-discussion with Dianne Hackborn and he asked > > > > me to put this issue on the Developer forum for further discussion. > > > > > I have managed to override the in-call screen from the Java API (i.e. > > > > not modifying the source). > > > > (If you want to se it happen, download Jarmans ReverseLookup from the > > > > Market, it´s free) > > > > > Reply from Dianne: > > > >>> It can't be done in a supportable way without modifying the source. > > > >>> I don't know how you went about your > > > >>> solution, but there is probably a good chance that it would be broken > > > >>> in a future version of the platform. Actually >> there could even be > > > >>> a chance of it bring deliberately broken if security concerns get > > > >>> raised (disrupting the > > > >>> standard in-call information like this without the user approving is > > > >>> something that is likely to get filed as a > > > >>> security bug in the platform). > > > > > What do think about this? > > > > > Best Regards > > > >Jarman > > > > > -- > > > > 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 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
