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IgorGanapolsky
IgorGanapolsky

Reputation: 26831

Android package security

in Android's security and permissions guide it states:

At install time, Android gives each package a distinct Linux user ID. The identity remains constant for the duration of the package's life on that device. On a different device, the same package may have a different UID; what matters is that each package has a distinct UID on a given device.

What I'm wondering is: by "package" are they referring to an application that is installed on a device, or to Java's package names in a project? Can someone explain?

Thanks, Igor

Upvotes: 1

Views: 372

Answers (2)

rana
rana

Reputation: 1862

One of the java package name will have to be mentioned in androidmain.xml as the packagename for android system. So essentially they mean the package that is gonna be on device. Obviously it means Java package name as well .

Upvotes: 1

Diego Torres Milano
Diego Torres Milano

Reputation: 69368

It refers to the unique android package name defined in AndroidManifest.xml, not the Java package.

Upvotes: 3

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