I'm currently developing a light-weight application where in one part of the app I would like to COMPLETELY take away the ability to take a screenshot in Android. When I say screenshot, I'm talking about iPhone's "screen capture" feature. This is for security reasons. I realize there are apps out there that allow users in Android to do this as well, and I want to block this functionality. Any way of doing this is fine, whether disabling the hardware buttons, freezing the phone, or via software.
You can use the window LayoutParam FLAG_SECURE
. Add this to your onCreate
method:
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
}
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