Blog Tips To Boost the Security of your Android App

5 Tips to Increase Android App Security

• Protect Sensitive Info

  It is very important to know which all information you are going to store on your app. Your users trust you and share their sensitive information like user’s credentials including passwords.

  Developers should make sure that the application provides enough of security to such crucial information and also protect cached, logged and structural data.

• Use Encrypted Language

  Using encrypted language to communicate with the back end server to ensure safe communication. One thing to enhance its security is the use of certificate pinning.

  This is the reason, why this has become a hot favorite amongst the developers when it comes to mobile app development.

• Don’t Trust User Input

  It is not recommended to trust user inputs, especially if it is a web application. You have no idea who is on the other side of the table and what his/her intentions are.

  Therefore, it is necessary for the developers to include cross-side scripting (XSS), JSON/ XML, SQL etc. which gets handled equally by the client and the back end team.

• Avoid Unnecessary Permissions

  When it comes to Android Apps, all sorts of excessive permissions must be avoided completely. Only the important and relevant permissions should be permitted access.

  Permissions which demand access to personal information should face a strict denial as it can lead to loss of sensitive information.

• Add Coding Delays

  There are a lot of attacks through the use of computers to gain access to the sensitive information. These bots try to make millions of attempts to gain access.

  To confound these bots, one should add delay to the codes. As a human, you would not get bored but a bot will surely treat it as inefficient.