On devices with encryption enabled that require you to enter a PIN before the device finishes booting, can any apps (including built-in ones like chrome or gmail) start before the PIN is entered?
On devices with encryption enabled, can any apps start before the PIN is entered?
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If you are talking of Android N, then the answer is no, which uses File-based encryption and the following are enabled
AOSP Dialer (packages/apps/Dialer)
Desk Clock (packages/apps/DeskClock)
LatinIME (packages/inputmethods/LatinIME)*
Settings App (packages/apps/Settings)*
SystemUI (frameworks/base/packages/SystemUI)*
- *System applications that use the
defaultToDeviceProtectedStoragemanifest attribute
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