Can an attacker attach a debugger to my app after installing it to the market, or does the app have to be marked as debuggable first? How secure is this? Are there ways to get around it?
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Can an attacker attach a debugger to my app after installing it to the market, or does the app have to be marked as debuggable first? How secure is this? Are there ways to get around it?
Marked debuggable or not, if a hacker has your code on his/her machine he/she will be able to use a variety of tools to attach to your process, examine the code, the memory, execute arbitrarily etc. This goes for any app and any platform. Your best hope is to follow security best practices and obfuscate to make it hard for someone to crack your code.