Thanks Brian,

The process that controls keyboard / touch screen can simulate user
actions. Basically that process can do all the things that the real
user can do.

Am I correct?

-Anh

On Nov 15, 1:22 am, Brian Carlstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> The soft "keyboard" (aka IME) can be replaced via market apps. system may
> be used for a lot of things, but I'm not sure its correct to say it
> represents the user. There are things that the system user cannot do. For
> example, I believe at least historically it could not access an SD card,
> which certainly can contain user data.
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> -bri
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> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Anh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I guess it is system since it is running the com.android.systemui
> > process.
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> > Can somebody help to confirm?
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> > Thanks,
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> > On Nov 9, 9:48 pm, Anh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
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> > > I know that each android app is run using a separate user id, my
> > > question is which user id represents the UI components such as
> > > keyboard and screen (which represent the person using the platform)?
> > > Is it "system"?
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> > > Thanks,
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