Best way to secure Android app sensitive Data?

Question

Yes this is a pretty general question but I\'m trying to get a feel for the best way to handle an app that touches base w/ a webserver that distributes sensitive data to the

Answer 1

If you want to pretty much ensure the user cannot see the data other than by looking at your app then encryption is really the only way. Even the "protected" storage is accessible to the user if a device is rooted. Even encryption is not totally secure as you need to decrypt the data at some point in order to display it. You will dissuade the casual browser but not the determined hacker.