I think the best you can do (as Mike impossible to hide) is to hide in plain sight. Another words, have your users download the app from somewhere other than the market, then it won't show up in the downloads section of the market and make your security app's name something similar to a regular system function instead of security.recoverstolen.com, that at least would make it difficult for a non-Android savvy thief to figure out.
-John Coryat, USNaviguide LLC On Dec 23, 11:34 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > David Fire wrote: > > hi, i am developing a security app, to track stollen devices, is there > > any way to make really dificult to uninstall an app? or to avoid the > > uninstall? > > Create custom firmware and bundle your application in that firmware. > > Otherwise, no, all applications uninstall the same. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Consulting/App Development:http://commonsware.com/consulting -- 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
