Securing an Android application

It should come as no surprise that security is an important consideration when building software. Besides the security measures put in place in the Android operating system, it is important that developers pay extra attention to ensuring that their applications meet the set security standards. In this section, a number of important security considerations and best practices will be broken down for your understanding. Following these best practices will make your applications less vulnerable to malicious programs that may be installed on a client device.

Data storage

All things being equal, the privacy of data saved by an application to a device is the most common security concern in developing an Android application. Some simple rules can be followed to make your application data more secure.

Using internal storage

As we saw in the previous chapter, internal storage is a good way to save private data on a device. Every Android application has a corresponding internal...