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Hacking and Security => Mobile Hacking => Android => : 514z4ng3r September 21, 2011, 04:43:35 PM

: Password to Uninstall Application
: 514z4ng3r September 21, 2011, 04:43:35 PM

Hello Everyone,

i am developing an application in android and want such functionality that without password the user cannot uninstall that application.

i searched quite a bit, but some of the solutions are kind of story telling, that you create a service that listens to android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED and then such event occur my intent should ask for password.

need help for not to this way. any idea? please help me out, thanks in advance

: Password to Uninstall Application
: 514z4ng3r September 23, 2011, 02:36:55 PM

Can i stop it using ActivityMonitor?

: Re: Password to Uninstall Application
: 514z4ng3r September 24, 2011, 07:05:31 PM

this is the way how you can

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html)

: Re: Password to Uninstall Application
: Stackprotector October 07, 2011, 09:50:55 AM

Yhea, you need to install the application in admin modus,  look up to prey project, (open source).
Without admin rights you are not able to uninstall it.

: Re: Password to Uninstall Application
: Kulverstukas October 07, 2011, 11:02:23 AM

: Factionwars  October 07, 2011, 09:50:55 AM

Yhea, you need to install the application in admin modus,  look up to prey project, (open source).
Without admin rights you are not able to uninstall it.

Heh I think he wants it for an Android application. Prey is for computers, no?

: Re: Password to Uninstall Application
: Stackprotector October 10, 2011, 07:41:30 AM

: Kulverstukas  October 07, 2011, 11:02:23 AM

Heh I think he wants it for an Android application. Prey is for computers, no?

Prey is for alot of devices ;)