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 7. Authentication Methods

This chapter presents different types of authentication methods used in Android mobile devices. This chapter will help readers choose the proper authentication method for their mobile application.

First, you will learn about multifactor authentication and the different authentication factors, such as the knowledge factor, the possession factor, and the inherence factor. You will then learn how to make your own implementation of a login system for your Android application. You will also learn about authenticating different services using AccountManager.

The topics that will be covered in this chapter are:

Multifactor authentication
Login implementations
AccountManager

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