top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

How does android allow one application to kill another? Isn't that security breach?

+2 votes
372 views
How does android allow one application to kill another? Isn't that security breach?
posted Sep 8, 2016 by Vijay

Share this question
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

1 Answer

+1 vote

It kinda is. But, no, it is not a security breach as long as user knows about the app. In other words, to access other application or to kill another application you will need these permission: android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES, android.permission.GET_TASKS. So, while installing the application user will receive a list of permission the app is requesting. User must review these and only then he/she should accept if he wishes to use that application.

answer Sep 9, 2016 by Vinod Kumar K V
Similar Questions
+2 votes
How to launch another application from my application in android

I want to open another application from my application. I know I should use Intent for that, but I am not sure how to use that.

+1 vote
Android Security to the my runtime application?

Please suggest what should I develope (want to write a security application) that provide a security to the my runtime application.

+1 vote
Android: Kill other process

There are some apps out there for android that can improve mobile/tablet performance by killing the applications that run in background. How to do that?

0 votes
Cleanly shutdown or kill Android services

I'm looking for the equivalent of a rc0.d script to take down Android in a clean way so that it can be restarted. In my usecase, Android is running within a jailed chroot for reasons I can't go into great detail about. However, I would like the ability to essentially kill all of the Android services and relaunch on command.
I cannot/will not be using the standard Android dialogs for much and don't want to use the power-off dialog or anything.
I have done some searches and they've all lead me to the ShutdownThread.java file which sends the INTENT_SHUTDOWN to stop a couple of services and then either reboots or shuts down the phone. I only want the first part with no action taken on the device itself (not that it would do much in my case anyway)..

...