[Q] APP Lock (or anything similar)

[mrhomiec]

in reference to...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5kb21vYmlsZS5hcHBsb2NrIl0.

plus there's also Smart AppLock

and AppLocker

now to my question... i'm not sure if there's a setting to where once you unlock one app, all protected apps are unlocked?

or has anyone come across an app not listed that can be recommended?

 

[Sheerluck]

In Smart AppLock I havent seen a way to do what your asking.
In APP Lock I didnt see a way to do what your asking but I havent used it for about 2 months and maybe a update allows you to do it now.
As far as App Locker I dont think I would use it given its reviews.
I dont know of an app that does what your asking but maybe someone else does. Sorry I didnt have better news for you and I hope this helps.

 

[funkylogik]

With Smart Applock, when you open one protected app, it unlocks them all until the pre-set time delay OR the screen is switched off/times out :thumbup:

 

[Sheerluck]

With Smart Applock, when you open one protected app, it unlocks them all until the pre-set time delay OR the screen is switched off/times out :thumbup:

Only drawback is its a maximum of 30 minutes. I guess if one wants it any longer they can manually turn off Smart AppLock and turn it on again when they want.

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah thats true. Id actualy prefer if the lock only activated after screen off

 

[mrhomiec]

yea, agreed. i wish it would at least reset the timeout on screen off.

so it's either buy Smart AppLock and set a low timer,

or continue using APP Lock and unlock apps every time...

 

[funkylogik]

Isnt the free version of Smart Applock fully functioning but with an ad on the pin entry screen?

 

[mrhomiec]

the free version only allows up to 8 protected apps...

 

[funkylogik]

Ah right sorry man :thumbup:

 

[itsallgood]

I use Super Applock Pro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beautifulapps.applockex&hl=en

It works great, Pro Version, only the app that you unlock is unlocked. You can set a time limit as to when that app locks back again or when the screen locks.

 

[mrhomiec]

i ended up buying the Smart AppLock version. need to protect all the root required apps.

also, is anyone aware of one of these apps that work with Tasker?

i have a profile that logs failed unlock attempts, and would like to do something like that for this.

 

[funkylogik]

Nice idea man. You should mail the smart applock dev and suggest they build that in :thumbup:

 

[fatboy40]

Got my Nexus 10, my first ever android device, on Friday and have multiple users setup as it's for family use. I tried APP Lock (free version) and that was as buggy as heck !, I'd lock settings and gmail apps for one user then on all the other users it would cause these apps to freeze ! (hang as soon as they were opened etc). I've now removed it and the N10 behaves as it should.

I've tried AVG free and the app locker in this works just as it should, no freezes for other users, but as I'm locking the N10 down I don't need any anti-virus.

I'll give this smart applocker mentioned above a try and see if that behaves with the N10 and android 4.2.2 and multiple users.

 

[fatboy40]

Well, Smart AppLock is certainly better than App Lock, on my N10 with 4.2.2 I don't get the freezes that I did but there is a bad side effect of a noticeable slowing down of apps that have been restricted under another user.

I'll try the free version of AVG again as a comparison.

What would be a very smart thing for Google to do would be to include a function like this natively in android now that it has support for multiple users.

 

[fatboy40]

Well, the 'app lock' apps are a right old mixed bunch on android 4.2.2 with more than one user setup. The best for me so far is Perfect Applock, but even that has its bugs.

So far there's not one of these types of apps I've used that does not have one bug or another, whether it's a free version or a paid one. The sooner Google themselves add a feature like this to the operating system itself the better !

One thing I have discovered though is that the developers of all of the apps either never read their email or just can't be bothered to reply to their customers. I've sent many emails and not yet had one reply, to be frank their 'customer service' is c**p.

 

[fatboy40]

After my gripe yesterday I've had one of the app developers e-mail be back, and it pretty much turns out that their 'Users' feature is 4.2 / Jelly Bean is a little half baked...

We can not support multiple users now, because we can not know which user is active.

We will support it when Google provide the API to do this.

... so no app that's designed to lock out an app / function will be bug free until an API such as this is implemented

So, now to find out if Google have a way of suggesting features to them to implement in future releases...

 

[fatboy40]

As a developer had been kind enough to make me aware of why their app could not work in an android 4.2 multi user environment I thought I'd create a feature request to make Google aware of this...

Issue 55230 - android - API to allow identification of the 'active' user (android 4.2 multi user environment) - Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project - Google Project Hosting