Android app What I want to do it lock some of my app screens not all of them I was looking to use the BT_LOGIN screen and want to modify it to use the tablet password. so I am guessing I capture the password input variable and compare it to the root app password clickit_appDelegate.rootApp.getRootUser().logInPasswordText.getText().toString(); if they don't match - send error if match login does that sound reasonable? Thanks DJ

The code you used above I believe is for the apps password from login screen Im guessing. I dont think you wouldn't be able to get the tablet password Because that seems like it would be a security issue.

I agree. And I suspect any tablet device pin or password is likely to be encrypted. The BT Login screen is intended to work against a user account you've created in the control panel. If you could explain a little about why doesn't that work for you, maybe we can come up with an idea?

I might not be reading how to use it correctly then. It looked like it validated users/passwords from a website. Basically my app had 2 sections, one section is a set up area I don't want the user to have access to. So I want to password protect those screens. I just to set up a screen when the "admin" can set up a password and reset it for the admin screens. I was looking at the DeviceAdminSample from the Android Sample More complex than I want. Something like below DevicePolicyManager devicePolicyManager = DevicePolicyManager.getSystemService(Context.DEVICE_POLICY_SERVICE); ComponentName demoDeviceAdmin = new ComponentName(this, name of activity); devicePolicyManager.setPasswordQuality( demoDeviceAdmin,DevicePolicyManager.PASSWORD_QUALITY_UNSPECIFIED); devicePolicyManager.setPasswordMinimumLength(demoDeviceAdmin, 5); boolean result = devicePolicyManager.resetPassword("123456", DevicePolicyManager.RESET_PASSWORD_REQUIRE_ENTRY); Toast.makeText(this, "button_lock_password_device..."+result, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

Their phone would probably have to be rooted for that to work

I am doing this with a tablet not a phone

It wouldn't matter.any device I meant

Maybe I misunderstood, but it sounds to me as if the standard BT login plugin will do exactly what you need. https://www.buzztouch.com/plugins/plugin.php?pid=A7B885BDC392B02BCAEF5F3 The short description says it all: "Login screens allow you to password protect any screen or menu item. User credentials are authenticated against a list of users in the control panel or a custom script on your website. " In your case, you have a user id in the control panel for your admin. You decide on the user id and password. The logion compares what you type in to the control panel. No java code to modaify, no rooting, just use the plugin. Or is there something not obvious that stops this being the way to go? Alan

I will take a look again I think I am missing something. too little sleep the last couple of days, working too much I am going to try to look at this tomorrow after hopefully getting some sleep tonight. Will keep you posted

So I took some time today to dig through the BT_Login screen plugin and it looks like when you enter your userid and password it has to authenicate to ZZ website. Is that a correct statement? That is the authentication is does.