I'm writing an app that "replaces" the Android lock screen by setting the window flag to FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED. My lock screen contains shortcuts to launch 3rd party apps such as Pandora. The issue is that if user sets a pin/pattern to secure their phone, then when they press my lock screen's shortcut, they're presented with the lock screen first. It's not a real problem prior to Android L because about the only thing you can do in the lock screen is swipe to reveal the unlock UI to enter your pin/pattern. But in Android L, the lock screen shows a bunch of notifications entered on the screen which is very distracting for my use case.
What I like to do is that when user launches a 3rd party app from my lock screen, that the Android lock screen would show, but that it would have the unlock input UI already showing. Is there anyway to do that? Or is there any API where I can re-implement a security feature and programmatically disable the user's security pin/pattern? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
