Application hiding control method and device

Abstract

The invention relates to the security control technology of intelligent equipment and discloses an application hiding control method. The method comprises the first step of determining a target application to be hidden, the second step of transmitting a broadcast message representing that the target application is deleted, and the third step of intercepting an access instruction of a starter process to the target application and correspondingly returning a null value to the process of the starter for the target application so as to hide a shortcut icon of the target application in the starter. Furthermore, the method can include the following supplementary steps of determining a hidden target application to be displayed and transmitting a broadcast message representing that the hidden target application is added so as to display a shortcut icon of the target application in the starter. By means of the method, the application program can be hidden in the starter, and follow-up normal running of the application program is not influenced. The application hiding control method can be applied to an Android operating system and can also be applied to an operating system environment provided with a similar framework or mechanism.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a security control technology of an intelligent device, in particular to an application hiding control method and device. Background technique [0002] Taking the Android platform as an example, the mobile terminal device provides a user interface through a launcher to realize human-computer interaction with the user. The launcher provides a desktop on which icons of installed applications can be displayed. By clicking on these icons, the corresponding application can be started. For privacy protection, users sometimes do not want certain applications to be discovered or run by unauthorized persons, so as to protect their personal privacy. In the prior art, two methods are generally adopted for protection: [0003] The first way is to add a program lock to the program. When the user clicks on the relevant icon, a verification program will be run first, and only after the password verification is passed, the real target applic...

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[0006] Although the first method adds a verification link, it will obviously cause the effect of no silver here, attracting the attention of others, and cannot achieve the purpose of completely hiding the application, and the user experience is also poor due to the verification link

[0007] The second method will cause the hidden application to fail to start normally, and its background application cannot run normally. It needs to be loaded through the so-called parasitic application after running, and even needs to rely on specific conditions to start normally.

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