Hello Dianne, I have a question related to this. Is it possible to use sharedUserId=android.uid.system in combination with (re-)signing a (newly) built Android and the app with the same key to achieve having more permissions for an app?
Thanks in advance. On 26 mrt, 22:10, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > You can't as a third party application (in fact you can't at all without > hacking the platform or possibly running in factory test mode). Modifying > the platform is more appropriate for android-porting. > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:22 AM, manjunath <phc2h5nh3.ma...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I want to run a application as root to check one of my API > > functionality. I know that Android won't permit applications with root > > access i.e. setting UID = 0. Can anyone provide a hack so that I can > > run my application as root. > > > I saw in Process.java file that FIRST_APPLICATION_UID is set to 10000 > > and so on. If I set it to 0 my homescreen doesn't come up. > > Can anyone tell me where this security check is done. > > > I also want to know the actual flow for any application to run on > > android. > > > Thanks, > > Manjunath > > > -- > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
