Re: [android-developers] Jelly Bean, READ_LOGS and 'Application Lockers'

These apps aren't supposed to exist. They can be easily uninstalled by any user. Real support for this requires firmware modifications

On Jul 26, 2012 2:42 PM, "Bryan Ashby" <nuskooler@gmail.com> wrote:

Now that READ_LOGS permission is not available to applications in Jelly Bean (API 16), what are developers of "Application Locker" type apps to do? These are populate applications among parents who would like to prevent their kids from accessing various apps (generally password protected) but the implementation of such applications has required a "hack" of reading logcat to determine when/what Activity has been launched or brought into focus.

Surely Google is not saying "You cannot have these apps"? Is an official API (perhaps in the Device Admin realm) planned? Is there a work around besides polling the top level activity (not really reasonable).

Google please advise!

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