Texicans
Reputation: 75
Security of hardcoded URL in Android application
My application connects with a server by URL which is included in an application code. From security point of view, hardcoding such as URL is not a good practice (e.g. due to possibility of reverse engineering). How this could be improve? How improve security of URL?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 948
Answers (1)
TheKarlo95
Reputation: 1153
You don't need to because URLs are supposed to be public. Even if you hide it in app anyone can sniff network for traffic and see your apps traffic and read your URL from HTTP/HTTPS packets.
Think of an Android app as a website/webapp. Why would you hide URL from your website?
Upvotes: 1
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