Stuart Reynolds wrote: > Does anyone know if its possible to access to the root View of the > current Activity (of existing apps, without code changes)?
It damned well better not be, at least without root. > There are > applications such as Display Shot that seem to overlay images on top > of whatever is running (without rooting the phone), so I'd guess its > possible, but I can't find how. I can't comment on that, other than to say it's a security hole to allow arbitrary on-device code to access the contents of the screen. > Aside, from big screen display, the other thing this could allow is > remote desktop access into the device, which has a ton of development > uses. Which also would require root access or firmware mods, as there is no way for ordinary applications to inject events to arbitrary applications -- again, for security reasons. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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
