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iOS

Posted by Issa Issou
Issa Issou
320 Points

Preventing users from taking screenshots in an iOS App

how Can i disable the screenshot button in my app? , i am doing a iOS quiz app for my school and i want to prevent people from screenshoting the answers

3 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

at this point in time I dont think its possible to prevent the user from taking a screenshot.

You can make it harder for a user to screen shot an answer by only showing the answer when the user touches the screen (like snapchat does). When the user tries to take a screenshot they have to take their finger off the screen which makes the image go away. Its still easy to capture a screenshot though, but its better to make it harder than to not do anything at all I guess

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

This would be your best option...

Issa Issou
Issa Issou
320 Points

thanks for the answer

Felix Guerrero
Felix Guerrero
3,813 Points
Felix Guerrero
Felix Guerrero
3,813 Points

This is only restricted by the OS so I hope Apple (someday) allows us to disable that feature in iOS.

Issa Issou
Issa Issou
320 Points

lets cross fingers then

Felix Guerrero
Felix Guerrero
3,813 Points
Felix Guerrero
Felix Guerrero
3,813 Points

Just looking around I found this http://www.raywenderlich.com/48001/easily-overlooked-new-features-ios-7#screenshot.