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In Android is dev/binder also for layers communication responsible. Is it possible to listen to messages? I know that they must be decoded than, but how can I get this messages. For example if an app send a message to became an Geolocation. I have also root on my android device. Short: Nope, it shouldn't be possible, even with root. There isn't that much informations about Binder in detail on the net but there are some, especially about the security. Refer to this or to point 3.8 here . You may also read the source of the kernel driver and the source of openbinder . You can decode most of the

I want to develop customized StatusBar. I know i am not the only one with this requirement. But still want to know the opinions. After lot of search on StackOverflow, i found that people have modified status bar using tools but thats not i need. I am bit looking into the direction of developing of my own Status Bar with my own branding and layouting of the system icons. Also i have seen on Google play store about having a customized status bar app like omega status bar and couple more. I am looking for the same implementation. I also learnt that these kind of apps are installed on non-rooted

Hey, I'm trying to create a design for a list that looks like (and mostly behaves like) the call log, like shown here: For this I downloaded the source code and I'm studying it for know what class and xml file implement it. And I found this two xml files recent_calls_list_item.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight" android:paddingLeft="7dip"> <com.psyhclo.DontPressWithParentImageView android:id="@+id/call_icon"

Android N lets you link an activity of yours into your app's page in Settings. Just add an <intent-filter> for android.intent.action.APPLICATION_PREFERENCES . Android N's Settings app will look for the activity in your app that has that <intent-filter> . If Settings finds one, it will add a gear icon to your app's page in Settings, and if the user taps the gear, they will be taken to your designated activity. I was worried about security, and so I filed an issue , looking for a permission we could use with android:permission to allow Settings to start our activity, but not allow other apps to

I followed official Google`s tutorial to build my own AOSP and succeeded in all steps: I have "Pure AOSP version" running on nexus emulator. https://source.android.com/source/building.html The story is I have some rare device came with some Android version full of pre-installed app's obviously I don't want. I want to port Pure AOSP to my device - without any improvements or new features (So for example I don`t want to know how to build CM git repo). Is it working just add to my local above master branch correct files into /device/vendor/model and then under cwd of master branch execute $ .