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mavzey
mavzey

Reputation: 379

Are there a way to hold the password?

In Android Device Administration, I know resetPassword(String password, int flags) can reset the password. But, my wish is that I will hold old password before reseting it. In this way, I can, if user wants, rescue the password. Are there a way to hold the password ? Moreover, how can I get password from system ?

NOTE: My application is system app.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 93

Answers (1)

Nikolay Elenkov
Nikolay Elenkov

Reputation: 52936

No, you cannot get the password. It is indeed hashed, and the device technically doesn't 'know' it. Additionally, since pretty much any app can become a system administrator (if the user confirms), any app would be able to retrieve the password, which is a bad idea.

Upvotes: 1

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