Android APK Information Get isAppPlatformSignature(Context ctx)

Description

Method that check if the app is signed with the platform signature

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
ctx	The current context

Return

boolean If the app is signed with the platform signature

Declaration

public static boolean isAppPlatformSignature(Context ctx) 

Method Source Code

/*/* w  w w.j  a v a  2s . c  om*/
 * Copyright (C) 2012 The CyanogenMod Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
import com.cyanogenmod.filemanager.R;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Method that check if the app is signed with the platform signature
     *
     * @param ctx The current context
     * @return boolean If the app is signed with the platform signature
     */
    public static boolean isAppPlatformSignature(Context ctx) {
        // TODO This need to be improved, checking if the app is really with the platform signature
        try {
            // For now only check that the app is installed in system directory
            PackageManager pm = ctx.getPackageManager();
            String appDir = pm.getApplicationInfo(ctx.getPackageName(), 0).sourceDir;
            String systemDir = ctx.getString(R.string.system_dir);
            return appDir.startsWith(systemDir);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            ExceptionUtil.translateException(ctx, e, true, false);
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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