I am trying to discover the process id or package name of the process that sent me an intent. I don't want to put the process id or package name in an extra (as some other questions have asked) since I don't want to allow spoofing. The code I used is:
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_secure_file_share);
...
Intent intent = getIntent();
if (intent != null)
{
// get the caller
String callingPackage = getAppNameByPID(getApplicationContext(),
Binder.getCallingPid());
....
}
}
Where getAppNameByPID
translates the PID to the package name. The problem is that Binder.getCallingPid()
always returns the recipient's PID (not the caller's).
How do you get the caller's PID?
take a look at
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo.html
I tried this as well and I could only get a result using bound services.
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
@SuppressWarnings("static-access")
int uid = mBinder.getCallingUid();
final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
String name = pm.getNameForUid(uid);
Log.d("ITestService", String.format("onBind: calling name: %s"), name);
//name is your own package, not the caller
return mBinder;
}
But if you implement the Stub of your AIDL:
private final ITestService.Stub mBinder = new ITestService.Stub() {
public void test() {
//Get caller information
//UID
int uid = Binder.getCallingUid();
final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
String name = pm.getNameForUid(uid);
//name will be sharedUserId of caller, OR if not set the package name of the caller
String[] packageNames = pm.getPackagesForUid(uid);
//packageNames is a array of packages using that UID, could be more than 1 if using sharedUserIds
Log.d("ITestService", String.format("Calling uid: %d (getNameForUid: %s)", uid, name));
for (String packageName : packageNames) {
Log.d("ITestService", String.format("getPackagesForUid: %s", packageName));
}
//PID
int pid = Binder.getCallingPid();
Log.d("ITestService", String.format("Calling pid: %d", pid));
String processName = "";
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService( ACTIVITY_SERVICE );
List<ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo> processes = am.getRunningAppProcesses();
for (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo proc : processes) {
if (proc.pid == pid) {
processName = proc.processName;
Log.d("ITestService", String.format("Found ProcessName of pid(%d): %s", pid, processName));
//processName will be the package name of the caller, YEAH!
}
}
}
}
PID will be the most reliable one if you want to know which package called it.