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diff --git a/en/security/overview/app-security.html b/en/security/overview/app-security.html index 6501c68f..ea20c611 100644 --- a/en/security/overview/app-security.html +++ b/en/security/overview/app-security.html @@ -33,33 +33,40 @@ <p>The main Android application building blocks are:</p> <ul> <li> - <p><strong>AndroidManifest.xml</strong>: The <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifes -t-intro.html">AndroidManifest.xml</a> file is the control file that tells the system what to do with + <p><strong>AndroidManifest.xml</strong>: The <a + href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html">AndroidManifest.xml</a> + file is the control file that tells the system what to do with all the top-level components (specifically activities, services, broadcast receivers, and content providers described below) in an application. This also specifies which permissions are required.</p> </li> <li> - <p><strong>Activities</strong>: An <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/activities.htm -l">Activity</a> is, generally, the code for a single, user-focused task. It usually + <p><strong>Activities</strong>: An <a + href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/activities.html">Activity</a> + is, generally, the code for a single, user-focused task. It usually includes displaying a UI to the user, but it does not have to -- some Activities never display UIs. Typically, one of the application's Activities is the entry point to an application.</p> </li> <li> - <p><strong>Services</strong>: A <a href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html">Service</a> is a body of code that runs in the background. It can run in its own process, - or in the context of another application's process. Other components "bind" to + <p><strong>Services</strong>: A <a + href="https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals/services.html">Service</a> + is a body of code that runs in the background. It can run in its own + process, or in the context of another application's process. Other components "bind" to a Service and invoke methods on it via remote procedure calls. An example of a Service is a media player: even when the user quits the media-selection UI, the user probably still intends for music to keep playing. A Service keeps the music going even when the UI has completed.</p> </li> <li> - <p><strong>Broadcast Receiver</strong>: A <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Broad -castReceiver.html">BroadcastReceiver</a> is an object that is instantiated when an IPC mechanism - known as an <a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html">Intent</a> is issued by the operating system or another application. An application may - register a receiver for the low battery message, for example, and change its - behavior based on that information.</p> + <p><strong>Broadcast Receiver</strong>: A <a + href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastReceiver.html">BroadcastReceiver</a> + is an object that is instantiated when an IPC mechanism + known as an <a + href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html">Intent</a> + is issued by the operating system or another application. An application + may register a receiver for the low battery message, for example, and + change its behavior based on that information.</p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="the-android-permission-model-accessing-protected-apis">The Android Permission Model: Accessing Protected APIs</h2> |