Make android app NOT be able to be found by other apps? - android

I know it might sound weird, but I wanna protect my clients by not allowing other apps to know my clients have installed my app?
I know there is a way to read the installed app like Check if application is installed - Android
So my problem is if there is anyway to make those api doesn't work to your app? so it can make your app like hidden to other apps?
BTW, just wanna clarifying that this problem is meaningful because you don't wanna Facebook app or its 3rd advertisement app know you have something like a porn app in phone.

So my problem is if there is anyway to make those api doesn't work to your app?
No.
so it can make your app like hidden to other apps?
Sorry. Malware authors would love this.

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Launching Android/iOS apps from browser

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Way(s) to make Android app only close-able by password?

For a POS system is there a way or ways to make an application harder to close?
The desire is to have employees be able to use the device and the application, but not use other applications.
The implementation does not necessarily require a password. So far the answers I have seen on similar questions suggest this is not possible. Except in Lollipop per this question : How to make an app unclosable?
Are there any options for older APIs?
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To achieve what you are asking for you will need to create your own distribution of the system. I have no experience of doing that but it basically means creating a rom and distribute it.
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Instead I could make an app that just implements a web browser and just shows the website. Does someone know if this is allowed by Apple/Google at all? I have heard that at least Microsoft seems to have nothing against it in their Windows Phone market.
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# quape, apple will reject the application made with the idea you are thinking so it will be of no use to move in this direction.
Apple will simply reject the application for lack of functionality...
I have absolutely no idea about Google's policy on that question.

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just a stupid question.
Is it possible to write an app that replaces the standard functions of Android like the Phone App or the lockscreen. I've never saw any kind of this Apps. Is there a restriction of Google?
Is it possible to write an app that replaces the standard functions of Android like the... lockscreen.
Not as an SDK application. A lockscreen can only be replaced by creating your own firmware.
No restriction from Google.
Actually, some VOIP dialers are there to replace the phone application.
There are not much examples, because, there is not much scope of development in the apps you mentioned.
For example, why would someone install a new app when he can make calls and do everything related to phone calls using the existing app?
Professional developers first estimate number of prospective users before developing.

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