SecurityException due to invocation of setSecurityManager on Gingerbread/Honeycomb.

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Attempting to run the DX or ApkBuilder ends with a SecuirtyException in the 
(on-screen log) on the Gingerbread and Honeycomb devices I've tried.  It seems 
to work fine on Froyo.

I tried five devices...  

The failure occurred on a Droid3 (stock, 2.3.4), Nexus One (stock, 2.3.4) and 
Xoom (stock, 3.1).  

It did not occur on a Galaxy Tab (stock, 2.2) and a Droid2 (rooted, Fision 
2.5.7, Android 2.2.1).

It appears that even invoking setSecurityManager throws a SecurityException in 
all cases on later versions of Android: 
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/System.html#setSecurityManager%
28java.lang.SecurityManager%29

Not sure what can be done about the underlying problem (i.e., DX/ApkBuilder 
invoking System.exit()) other than modifying them not to.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tlieb...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2011 at 11:51

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Thank you for doing such a complete test!

It seems that Google removed the support for SecurityManager starting with 
Android 2.3:
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/System.html#setSecurityManager%
28java.lang.SecurityManager%29 : "Throws SecurityException always"

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/System.html#getSecurityManager%
28%29 : "Android does not use SecurityManager."

I agree, we probably have to modify DX/ApkBuilder to not call System.exit()

Tom

Original comment by tom.ar...@gmail.com on 9 Aug 2011 at 6:12

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The problem is fixed in release 0.7.3 which I'll soon upload to SVN and the 
download area. I'll post an announcement in the Support Group, once this is 
done.

I have modified dx and sdklib, now called dx_ta.jar and sdklib_ta.jar
Now, they do not call System.exit() anymore. The main() method now returns a 
result code which can be used to check the status.

@tlieb... : Please test release 0.7.3 on all your devices and tell me, whether 
JavaIDEdroid now works.

Tom

Original comment by tom.ar...@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2011 at 6:57

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Sorry for the delay in response, have been tremendously busy with other Android 
projects.  Was able to compile and install Hello Android application entirely 
on Droid3.  

Original comment by tlieb...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2011 at 10:27