How to disable taking screen shot in android

Question

How to disable taking screen shot in android . My app is inside another container ex: Blackberry container . Im using the blackberry SDK for my app.

Im using the following code:

this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);

This is not working . If there is any solution please provide. Thanks .

well its not possible have look [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31406316/5110595) — Hemant Parmar, Feb 15 '18 at 06:21
Possible duplicate of [How to prevent Screen Capture in Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28606689/how-to-prevent-screen-capture-in-android) — akhilesh0707, Feb 15 '18 at 06:21
set flags [before super.oncreate()](https://stackoverflow.com/a/17123062/8867002) — Jyoti JK, Feb 15 '18 at 07:01

Jaymin · Answer 1 · 2018-02-15T06:31:07.287

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Try this::

getWindow().setFlags(LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE, LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);

Add this line before your setContentView() method.

Description::

FLAG_SECURE: Treat the content of the window as secure, preventing it from appearing in screenshots or from being viewed on non-secure displays.

For more details please check android documentation:

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edited Feb 15 '18 at 06:31

answered Feb 15 '18 at 06:21

Jaymin

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@Jaymin Nice copy paste answer from this post-https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28606689/how-to-prevent-screen-capture-in-android/31406316#31406316, copycat, try to explain the procedure to solve the problem – Ram Koti Feb 15 '18 at 06:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 06:25

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Try This solution.

Use WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE before setContentView() mehtod

Note: There is no application level protection. You have to add this code in all the activities that you want to protect.

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
        super.onCreate(bundle);
        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE,
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}

answered Feb 15 '18 at 06:25

Riyaz Parasara

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This is not working for me , as my app is inside another container app . like blackberry container – madhu Feb 15 '18 at 06:39
what do you mean blackberry container please explain @madhu – Riyaz Parasara Feb 15 '18 at 07:06

How to disable taking screen shot in android

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