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Ehsan.Saradar
Ehsan.Saradar

Reputation: 704

hide another application in Android

I'm trying to hide another application by using the following code:

PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();
pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(new ComponentName("com.sas.remotesample",".Player"),
PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);

and with the following permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE"/>

but it throws 

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: attempt to change component state

Upvotes: 0

Views: 197

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006539

CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE has a protectionLevel of signature|privileged. This means that either:

  • You have to build your own custom ROM, then sign your app with the same signing key that you used to sign your custom ROM. Then, devices with your custom ROM installed will allow your app to control component states of other apps.

  • Your app has to be pushed to the system partition on rooted devices by their users.

Otherwise, you cannot hold this permission. Or, as the documentation for the permission states, "Not for use by third-party applications".

Upvotes: 1

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