Is it possible to develop an application that can be accessed from infront of the lock screen for either iOS or Android?
If so please provide links to relevant documentation?
Not for IOS or maybe with a jailbreak but even like this I don't think so.
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Is there anything (plugin, library etc.), that would allow me to write a start up application / home screen manager for Android, using PhoneGap? If yes, then what particular circumstances must such application met?
Or, as I assume, this isn't possible and a native, Java-based, application for Android must be written to accomplish this?
Hello I'm sorry to tell you, but my opinion is that
it's IMPOSSIBLE to achieve such goal using Cordova/PhoneGap.
Hybrid applications are using smartphone's native WebView , thus you cannot invoke/reach the WebView from the Home/Launcher of the phone.
In order to get such WebView you must be in some sort of application (e.g. hybrid app written by you). The Home/Launcher CAN'T SERVE as WebView therefore you can't make such things with Cordova/PhoneGap
Sorry for killing the hope :D
Has anyone got experience with developing an application to replace the default lock screen? I've been told it is not possible, however this application manages it.
Any tutorials or guidance you know of would be appreciated.
100% possible. Here are some links to get you started.
Android App and Pattern Lock Screen
Android Lock Screen Widget
Developing a custom lock screen
Try this one:
lockscreenswitchwidget
You can implement deviceAdminReciever to use device locks and all please have a look at this it explains everything about locks setting passwords.....
Update:
Use this library Link
and Source Here..
I want to create my custom android launcher but not with java code. I want to create it with HTML5 code. I've seen some launchers with HTML5 but not the documentation. Does anyone can give me some links or some tutorials/documentation to start? Thanks.
Does anyone can give me some links or some tutorials/documentation to start?
You could define much of the UI as HTML/CSS/JavaScript. Via PhoneGap, you could deploy this as an app. However, you will still need Java code -- or perhaps a PhoneGap plugin, if someone has written one -- to be able to access information about the installed apps, in order to populate your launcher.
I want to develop an android application that will be an alternative lockscreen.
I searched a lot and i couldn't found an explanation about how to make an app to work like a lockscreen. I understand that there is no official android API for lockscreens, but there must be way, because there are a lot of alternative lockscreens applications in the market.
Does someone know how could i make my app work like a lockscreen? Or if there is a basic code out there of lockscreen app that i can learn from it how to do it?
Thanks a lot (:
The way this is usually accomplished is creating an app that becomes the home application and then when the screen is turned on display your custom lockscreen and hide it when the user successfully unlocks it so they can use the device.
Make sure to take a look at the numerous questions on SO that are very similar to this.
I know that there is already some apps can do this, such as:
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
Flyscreen
I want to know how to do this in my app? What classes I can use? Or what articles I should read? I don't want to change the Android's source code.
And I wonder if it will be different to deal with when the screen is locked by draw pattern?
Have a look at this answer. You need to write your own home screen app which will implement the lockscreen behaviour that you require. There is sample code for writing your own home screen app in the Android SDK.