On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:03 PM, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > That looks good. But I have no idea how to use it? > I've been trying to find a tutorial for it. Have you found that?
Did you guys notice anything about ProGuard actually supporting encryption? Nope. It just says "obfuscator". http://proguard.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html#obfuscation That means it will simply take yourNiceBigVariable names and turn them into single letter variable names. That's only secure if you work in Redmond. ProGuard will also remove debugging info, w00h00! But then who compiles production releases in debug mode? No one. Realize Java is bytecode compiled. You will never be able to fully protect it by it's very nature. The Dalvik virtual machine would have to be capable of decrypting the bytecode before any useful protection could be available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalvik_virtual_machine I can't find the word "encrypt" anywhere on the page. Google did make some sort of attempt at .apk encryption, but we actually like our apps to appear in the Marketplace, so we don't dare use it. Java also fully supports reflection. That makes writing tools to take it apart trivial. The day Dalvik encryption support is announced will be the same day work will begin to break it. Count on it. Develop your business model with that fact in mind. The only winning move is to not play. ~Joshua Or in my case, I just don't care. There will always be reversers and pirates. -- Greg Donald destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- 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
