seriously, that sounds like a slashdot headline: "Company X found to have installed tracking software on 3300 salesperson's phones."
kris On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Kristopher Micinski <krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not to mention that you should probably investigate the legal > implications of tracking all of your employees 24/7 ... > > kris > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Streets Of Boston > <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unless you bake your own proprietary ROM/image for these phone, it is not >> possible. >> >> You can't run a service in the background without the being unable to find >> out. It is always discoverable and it can be terminated. >> >> Second of all, you'd need a device with a hell of a battery. The constant >> drain from the GPS device and the radio will make sure that the phone's >> battery is dead in no time. >> >> >> On Friday, June 29, 2012 11:13:03 AM UTC-4, Mihai Popescu wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Your answer does not sattisfy me :) >>> >>> Perhaps I din't provide enough information. >>> 1. I can program, I can learn, but I first need to know if what I want is >>> possible >>> 2. I am a toal Android n00b, so I need number 1 answered first >>> 3. the application is intended to be used for employee tracking throughout >>> the country (not making personal trips with the company's cars and wasting >>> fuel, or doing illegal activities) >>> 4. My application will not have a GUI and it will just send some unique >>> hardware code (maybe motherboard SN or phone card SIM number/serial number) >>> and its GPS coordinates to some hardcoded server once every 10 minutes. >>> Maybe it will also update the interval in which it sends GPS updates >>> according to some information acquired from the server once every 5 minutes, >>> in order to control server load and mobile operator costs. >>> >>> After some research, I realised that maybe it will not really be an >>> application, but a service. >>> >>> Still, I need to know the following: >>> - Is it possible to hide the app/service from the average user? I have no >>> idea yet how Android works, so I assume that hiding it from the application >>> manager should be enough. >>> - wether if it will be an application or a service, If I can't hide it >>> completely from the user, can I password protect it from being manually >>> shutdown? >>> - how can I make it start automatically on phone power-on? Can I make sure >>> the user doesn't manually change its auto-startup settings? >>> - how can I make my app keep the preconfigured GPRS/3G connection alive >>> but in standby ? (Or open it if turned off and send its GPS coordinates?) >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> >>> On Friday, June 29, 2012 11:24:46 AM UTC+3, Terry wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't think it can be done! >>>> >>>> Terry >>>> >>>> >>>> kl. 12:03:08 UTC+2 onsdag 27. juni 2012 skrev Mihai Popescu følgende: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I am rather new to Android, and I need some information and opinions. >>>>> >>>>> I intend to develop an application which would run on some Android >>>>> phone, seeminglessly in the background, and send periodic messages to a >>>>> server, regarding its current position (GPS coordinates). >>>>> >>>>> The most important aspect here would be that: >>>>> - the application is intented to be preinstalled on a bunch of phones, >>>>> before they will be used by a specific group of people. >>>>> - the user must not be able to stop/kill the application without some >>>>> kind of password >>>>> - the user must not be able tu turn off his GPRS/3G internet connection. >>>>> >>>>> I am aware that there are some security restrictions for developing such >>>>> an app, but still my question is wether or not it would be possible to do >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> I assume that if not, the next best thing would be to customize the >>>>> Android OS with these changes, and deploy it on the set of phones :D >> >> -- >> 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
