Mihai, It is possible to achieve what you need to a degree. What I mean is: if I knew that the phone I am carrying is a snooping device, I would switch the thing off. No app will be able to connect to the mothership when the whole platform is down.
Completely agree with Kristopher: what you are asking for cannot be done in the user application layer, but closer to the metal, i.e. in the system. Your phones would have to have custom build OS with the functionality you desire. But here are available car tracking devices on the market and they seem like much better solution to your problem. On 29 June 2012 16:13, Mihai Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Your answer does not sattisfy me :) > > Perhaps I din't provide enough information. > 1. I can program, I can learn, but I first need to know if what I want is > possible > 2. I am a toal Android n00b, so I need number 1 answered first > 3. the application is intended to be used for employee tracking throughout > the country (not making personal trips with the company's cars and wasting > fuel, or doing illegal activities) > 4. My application will not have a GUI and it will just send some unique > hardware code (maybe motherboard SN or phone card SIM number/serial number) > and its GPS coordinates to some hardcoded server once every 10 minutes. > Maybe it will also update the interval in which it sends GPS updates > according to some information acquired from the server once every 5 minutes, > in order to control server load and mobile operator costs. > > After some research, I realised that maybe it will not really be an > application, but a service. > > Still, I need to know the following: > - Is it possible to hide the app/service from the average user? I have no > idea yet how Android works, so I assume that hiding it from the application > manager should be enough. > - wether if it will be an application or a service, If I can't hide it > completely from the user, can I password protect it from being manually > shutdown? > - how can I make it start automatically on phone power-on? Can I make sure > the user doesn't manually change its auto-startup settings? > - how can I make my app keep the preconfigured GPRS/3G connection alive but > in standby ? (Or open it if turned off and send its GPS coordinates?) > > Thank you! > > > On Friday, June 29, 2012 11:24:46 AM UTC+3, Terry wrote: >> >> I don't think it can be done! >> >> Terry >> >> >> kl. 12:03:08 UTC+2 onsdag 27. juni 2012 skrev Mihai Popescu følgende: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am rather new to Android, and I need some information and opinions. >>> >>> I intend to develop an application which would run on some Android phone, >>> seeminglessly in the background, and send periodic messages to a server, >>> regarding its current position (GPS coordinates). >>> >>> The most important aspect here would be that: >>> - the application is intented to be preinstalled on a bunch of phones, >>> before they will be used by a specific group of people. >>> - the user must not be able to stop/kill the application without some >>> kind of password >>> - the user must not be able tu turn off his GPRS/3G internet connection. >>> >>> I am aware that there are some security restrictions for developing such >>> an app, but still my question is wether or not it would be possible to do >>> it. >>> >>> I assume that if not, the next best thing would be to customize the >>> Android OS with these changes, and deploy it on the set of phones :D > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Daniel Drozdzewski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
