Developing a custom lock screen

android locking screen
d-man picture d-man · Apr 3, 2011 · Viewed 30.3k times · Source

I want to develop custom lock screen app that looks like iPhone's lock screen.

Are there are any tutorials or examples for this? If not, where should I start?

Answer

CommonsWare picture CommonsWare · Apr 3, 2011

There is no support for creating a "custom lock screen aap" in the Android SDK. You can only modify the lock screen behavior in custom firmware.

UPDATE

Note that Android 4.2 does allow you to create app widgets that can be added to the device's lockscreen, which may meet your needs.

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