Securing Android Apps

Securing or “hardening” Android apps is a crucial final step to ensure that the code, keys, and credentials, as well as the developer’s intellectual property, are well protected. This course provides an introduction to the key features of the Android security model: from the Android operating system to the hardware it runs. Instructor Malcolm Shore demonstrates the weaknesses in some sample commercial Android apps, and shows the default output from existing development environments, including Android Studio, PhoneGap, and RAD Studio. He then explains a range of tools and techniques to increasingly harden an Android application, secure known vulnerabilities, and test your work. Malcolm also reviews advanced techniques for securing business apps and leveraging security enhancements in Android O. Using these tutorials, you ‘