Background I've noticed many times, that when I use an app that uses SAW (system-alert-window, AKA "display over other apps) permission (example here), and I open Chrome web browser and reach ...

Background SAW (system alert window) permission can be used to draw content on top of other apps. I was told a very long time ago that accessibility service can do this too, but I never found any t...

Facebook, Evernote, Pocket - all apps get this permission on Android 6.0 automatically, even though they are targeting 23 (targetSdkVersion=23). There has been a lot of documentation regarding the...

A little context for my problem first: I'm trying to create a system-overlay type view (i.e. draw over other apps) that is (for now) just a full-screen solid colour. I'm turning it on/off by starti...

I have implemented a caller ID feature where when the screen is locked it should open the lock and show the popup with the name of the person calling. this is the code i've added in the onCreate()...

I would like to be able to detect if my Activity has been obscured by, say, a system alert or some other overlay (for example the power menu when I long press on the power button), or some malware ...

Background I remember that it was told (on one of Google's videos) that if the previous version of the app was updated to have targetSdk 23 on the new version, ALL permissions that were granted be...

I have a function that when triggered, succesfully displays a DialogFragment with the following code DialogFragment DialogFragment dialog; View dialogView; Context activityContext; ... dialog =...

Facebook uses a service to push the messenger bubble on android - something like the follows: http://www.piwai.info/chatheads-basics/ I want to detect when the bubble is opened / closed I've star...