If you want to share things like preferences between the different apps then you will want to make sure that you also give them the same sharedUserId attribute in the manifest:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html#uid Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Ryan Reeves <rreeves...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am developing two applications that will share functionality via their > > activities. I would like to only allow applications signed with the same > > certificate to start these activities. > > > > My plan is to create a custom permission with protection level of > signature > > and apply that permission to exported activities in both applications. > > Either application can be installed first, so I will define the > permission > > in both application manifests. > > > > Are there problems with defining the same permission in multiple > > applications? I plan to release both applications on the Android market. > > AFAIK, that should work fine. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.1 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 > -- 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