Android sharedUserId

android:sharedUserId

The name of a Linux user ID that will be shared with other applications. 

By default, Android assigns each application its own unique user ID.

However, if this attribute is set to the same value for two or more 

applications,they will all share the same ID — provided that they are 

also signed by the same certificate. Application with the same user ID 

can access each other's data and, if desired, run in the same process.

 

android:sharedUserId = "android.uid.system"首先加入android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system"这个属性。通过Shared User id,拥有同一个User id的多个APK可以配置成运行在同一个进程中。那么把程序的UID配成android.uid.system，也就是要让程序运行在系统进程中，这样就有权限来修改系统xx了。 只是加入UID还不够，如果这时候安装APK的话发现无法安装，提示签名不符，原因是程序想要运行在系统进程中还要有目标系统的platform key，就是上面第二个方法提到的platform.pk8和platform.x509.pem两个文件。用这两个key签名后apk才真正可以放入系统进程中。第一个方法中加入LOCAL_CERTIFICATE := platform其实就是用这两个key来签名。