Are there any coding guidelines for the Android platform that focus on security?

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Are there any good coding guidelines for the Android platform that focus on security?

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Answer 1

You'll probably want to take a look at the security design of the framework itself. Also, as a more general source of security guidelines for mobile applications, you may want to look at the book "Mobile Application Security".

Answer 2

Another book you may want to check out: Android Security: Attacks and Defenses

Also, these coding guidelines were published recently by CERT:

Answer 3

See also Android API/development security pitfalls, which discusses some pitfalls to watch out for (although the answers are more focused on design errors rather than coding guidelines).