I think most applications would just work around this pretending to be an "insignificant" app, such as an icon an incautious user wouldn't bother to look.
But keep in mind, if the service is running, it will be visible in the "Apps -> Running" screen of Android settings. I'm sure that tricking the user with a "different" application name might be probably against the Google Play terms, but you seem to be developing for someone else. If you have access to the rooted device, things get much easier, since you can simply install any scripts in any system folder. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/CAL8x13wSvWq036aVUnQcU%3Dt39%3Dx_tVYPkO-bQAVb%2BmOjkuoP6Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
