How to build hidden android app

[andronagarjuna]

Hi,
I want to build one android app which cannot be visible in applications menu...

Please suggest me to do this ... I dont know how to create an app as invisible.

Thanks & Regards
Nagarjuna

[Kristopher Micinski]

Why do you want to do this? Let me rephrase: it seems like the only
good reason for this is malware. (Is there one I'm not thinking of?)

kris

[Pau Oliva Fora]

On 01/07/2012 09:13 PM, Kristopher Micinski wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:43 PM, andronagarjuna
> <androna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I want to build one android app which cannot be visible in applications
>> menu...
>>
>> Please suggest me to do this ... I dont know how to create an app as
>> invisible.
>>

>> Thanks& Regards

>> Nagarjuna
>
> Why do you want to do this? Let me rephrase: it seems like the only
> good reason for this is malware. (Is there one I'm not thinking of?)
>

An anti-theft app for example...

[Kristopher Micinski]

Even if you hide it from the app screen, there's not a way to hide it
from the list of applications in the package manager (remember, this
package manager app comes preinstalled and in firmware)..

kris

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[nagarjuna lingala]

Then, how can I do that.....Please

[Kristopher Micinski]

Uhh, you don't...

The package manager comes installed by default, you can't hide apps
here. If a user wants to uninstall your app, they can. If you want
to prevent an anti theft, perhaps you could name your app something
else, which wouldn't make it obvious what you were doing :-)

kris

[nagarjuna lingala]

okay...:(

[Kristopher Micinski]

Think more about it from the perspective of: do you want a program to
be able to make it impossible to uninstall it (for most users)

kris

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:14 AM, nagarjuna lingala

[nagarjuna lingala]

OK dude, thank you,

I will try it ...:)

[Kristopher Micinski]

This isn't possible.

Hiding icons would take place in any type of app list, not just the
standard one.

There's no public API to do this.

Kris

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Mansi Nahar <nahar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> I want to build an app wherein I want my app to be able to hide the icons of other apps (only those needed by the user and I just want them to be invisible from the app list, don't want to uninstall them). This app will hide the icons of other apps only if the user wants it , not otherwise, and the user can again make them visible whenever he wants.
> Please help.
> Thanks in advance.

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[KaPiL.rIcKy]

Just a guess.

i guess in that case you may have to change fwk with mentioning some custom permission.

package manage can ignore the Launcher and Main attribute mentioned in manifest file in Intent filter.

Although not sure if its suggestible :)

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