Hi Mark. Thanks for your answer.
I share your point of view completely. >From my experience an always on (Pattern, Pin or Password) is something many people do not like... so they deactivate it completely. The idea of my App was to help people to find a good compromise between security and usability. I already "reviewed" the DeviceAdmin class of Froyo as the SDK for 2.2 was released. From my point of view it is the perfect location to implement an interface that allows the temporary deactivation of the locks (no matter if pattern, pin or password). My fear was, that I was missing something and there is still a way to satisfy my users even if they are using Froyo. An alternative to the DeviceAdmin would be collection of additional settings in the related system settings section that give the users a delay/timeout in Android natively (like some WinMobile devices are doing it). That would make App's like my "PatternControl" needless. What is your advice to make the development team at least aware was this "potential improvement"? Best Regards from Germany Lars On 23 Jun., 12:58, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:46 AM, LeveloKment <levelokm...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > No information? > > No, there is no way to deactivate the lock pattern that I am aware of. > > > No opinion? > > My opinion is that deactivating the lock pattern via a regular setting > was a security hole. If the user wants a lock pattern, apps should not > change that. If the user does not want a lock pattern, the user is > perfectly capable of disabling it using the Settings application. The > exception would be if an enterprise would want to mandate the lock > screen be on and not disable-able, which runs counter to your apparent > goals. > > My hope is that eventually stuff like this and custom lock screens > will become part of the new device admin APIs. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.6 > Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
