Android authentication and device administration API
Ravikant Agarwal, Sergii Bilokhatniuk · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2012
This paper examines security capabilities of Android open source operating system based on GNU/Linux and components developed by Google. The focus of this paper is analysis of Android screen-locker and login applications. Many default Android applications can be replaced by new applications, which can offer different interface or add new functionality. Screen-locker is an integral part of Android, and while it cannot be replaced directly, there are ways to implement applications to offer same functionality, and possibly more features. Android 2.2 Device Administration API is tightly coupled with the native screen-locker and login mechanism, allowing for development of robust and adaptive security applications and centralized policy management tools. A new screen-locker and authentication app was created using Device Administration API and is discussed in this paper.