Question

I’m developing a security enhancement android application. There is a need to lock the android phone, hence using Device admin and it works fine.

But, when setting a password, i’m in need of using Intents or i’m navigated to in-built UI screens to enter password.

Intent intent = new Intent(DevicePolicyManager.ACTION_SET_NEW_PASSWORD);
startActivity(intent);

Is there any way to set password without using default screens / without UI ?

Kindly help me..

Answer 1

DevicePolicyManager DPM = (DevicePolicyManager) getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE);
String pw = "abcd123";
DPM.resetPassword(pw, DevicePolicyManager.RESET_PASSWORD_REQUIRE_ENTRY);

Not sure this is what you need but it’s how I set passwords for the user.