See the section title 'Replacement for copy protection' at
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html and see
if that fits your needs.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote:
> No.  It is impossible to tell in general.  At best you could look for
> differences from a known official build, assuming no great effort is
> being made to conceal the fact.
>
> But rooting need not involve any changes to the device at all - with
> some of the exploits utilized, it's possible to use the exploit to
> launch a privileged process which then exits.  If it hasn't made any
> lasting change, there's no way to know.
>
> And even if there was an API, a rooted device could very easily deny
> that it was.
>
> On Nov 1, 11:42 am, Tejas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to find out in my application if the phone is rooted or
>> not.
>> Is there any API that tests this ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tejas
>
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