You're reading from Testing and securing android studio applications Debug and secure your Android applications with Android Studio

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2014

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783988808

Length 162 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Android Studio

Concepts

Android Development

Authors (2):

Antonio HernÃ¡ndez NiÃ±irola

Bel√©n Cruz Zapata

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Software Security FREE CHAPTER

2. Security in Android Applications

3. Monitoring Your Application

4. Mitigating Vulnerabilities

5. Preserving Data Privacy

6. Securing Communications

7. Authentication Methods

8. Testing Your Application

9. Unit and Functional Tests

10. Supporting Tools

11. Further Considerations

Index

Chapter 6. Securing Communications

This chapter presents the mechanisms offered by Android to secure communications between an Android application and an external entity. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to secure connections. You will see some implementations through code examples using Android Studio.

Most applications need to share some sort of data. You should learn how to protect this data especially when sensitive information such as personal data or authentication information is being transferred.

The topics that will be covered in this chapter are:

HTTPS
SSL and TSL
Server and client certificates
Android Studio
Code examples using HTTPS

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