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title: "Can an Android application access files or resources of another Android application?"  
description: "Can an Android application access files or resources of another Android application?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-25  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2575/can-an-android-application-access-files-or-resources-of-another-android-application  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can an Android application access files or resources of another Android application?

The system sets permission on all the files/resources of an application so that they are only accessible by their own application. Other applications cannot access resources belonging to other applications unless applications sign the same certificate.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

The system sets permission on all the files/resources of an application so that they are only accessible by their own application. Other applications cannot access resources belonging to other applications unless applications sign the same certificate.


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