Hello Sean, Thank for your reply. My aswers to your questions are below.
On 22 feb, 01:37, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I dont think I fully understand your question... Are you looking for > something in the public API that will render a user's Android device > useless for a period of time? Yes. It's to be used in a company setting. > Just how far do you expect this "bricking" to go? Will they still be > able to use their phone for other purposes, e.g. making emergency > calls? It should be completely blocked, even when the phone reboots. Emergency calls are not relevant in the user setting, so those should be blocked too. Furthermore, only a superuser should know some kind of unlock mechanism to unbrick/unlock the phone again. Rebooting the phone should not diable the blocking / bricking. > If you're looking for your app to be invasive to the user, you're > unlikely to find it in the public API. Perhaps take a look at how the > various lock screen apps work. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look. Kind regards, a2ronus > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:49 PM, a2ronus <aaron.jan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > (I'm new to posting questions on Google Groups. Suggestions on good > > posting behaviour are appreciated. :) ) > > > I would like to achieve the following: I would like to temporarily > > disable the Android device when the user performs 3 wrong logins in a > > row. The login is another issue I'm not interested in here. I'm > > interested in blocking the phone. > > > I've been searching for some time now. I found some messages on > > disabling buttons, but they seem to be bad usability. On top of that, > > it might not be supported anymore in future APIs. So I kept looking > > and > > found:http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.ht.... > > This seems to suggest something in the API that I can use, but can't > > find it. I'm interested in how to use this permission, and I'm also > > interested in what the consequences are. Does using some bricking > > method imply that the phone is permanently bricked, or is there still > > a way to restore the phone, so you don't have to throw it away? > > > I hope somebody would be able to enlighten me by providing some > > answers or pointers on where to look. > > > Thanks in advance, > > > a2ronus > > > -- > > 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
