androidlockingunlock

How to detect if PIN/password/pattern is required to unlock phone?


How can I detect if the phone is locked by a password, pin or pattern?

thank you!


Solution

  • Two methods

    1. Check programatically - API 16+

    https://gist.github.com/doridori/54c32c66ef4f4e34300f

    Note that you dont need to check for face unlock as that requires that a pin/pass fallback is set.

    1. Device Admin Policies

    Can also look into the Device Admin Policies which allow restrictions on how the app is setup regarding security including pin/pass set restrictions

    As an aside, these are the lock types you want to check for if using an encrypted Keystore. Check here for more info.