Hi I have been tasked with investigating the feasibility of developing an anti-malware app for Android. I am led to believe that Android apps run in their own 'sandbox' and have no permissions to scan outside that sandbox.
How is it then, that apps (eg. antivirus) already exist that must be able to test files in other apps' areas? I don't imagine an antivirus program would be very effective if it could not test files phone-wide.
How would this be done? Thanks for any advice!
How is it then, that apps (eg. antivirus) already exist that must be able to test files in other apps' areas? I don't imagine an antivirus program would be very effective if it could not test files phone-wide.
How would this be done? Thanks for any advice!
