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Android

Posted by Nidhi Saini
Nidhi Saini
2,627 Points

If I want to store the username and password to be used inside an Android application, what is the safe way to do it?

How to cache the user information on android device? On rooted phones it is possible to access the preferences file/SQL data of an app.

2 Answers

fabh
fabh
946 Points
fabh
fabh
946 Points

Don't do it, use a token or similar

Nidhi Saini
Nidhi Saini
2,627 Points
Nidhi Saini
Nidhi Saini
2,627 Points

Hi Fabian,

Thanks for your reply. How to use tokens or similar stuff? Is there any good examples to understand the concept? Please share the links. Thanks.