How to Notify Users When Screen Sharing Is Not Allowed for DLP

Last updated May 18, 2021 by Alan Bavosa

This Knowledge Base article provides 3 easy steps to notify users when screen sharing is not allowed for DLP reasons and to protect mobile privacy and ensure data loss prevention. No Code, Zero Dev, No SDK.

Why Notify Users When Screen Sharing Is Not Allowed?

Using Appdome, you can build protections into your app that prevents taking screenshots, mirroring and sharing the application’s screen. Appdome also hides the app’s ‘preview thumbnails’ when minimized.

Appdome is a no-code mobile app security platform designed to add security features, like prevent screen sharing. This KB shows mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals how to use Appdome’s simple ‘click to build’ user interface to quickly and easily protect mobile privacy and ensure data loss prevention.

We hope you find it useful and enjoy using Appdome!

3 Easy Steps to Notify Users When Screen Sharing is Not Allowed

Please follow these 3 easy steps to notify users that screen sharing is not allowed

Upload an Android or iOS App to Appdome’s no code security platform (.apk, .aab, or .ipa)
In the Build Tab, under Security, Select Mobile Privacy, Toggle on Prevent App Screen Sharing and customize the Notification message (shown below)
Click Build My App

Congratulations! You now have a secured mobile app that will notify users that they cannot share their application screen.

Appdome’s no-code mobile app security platform offers mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals a convenient and reliable way to prevent users from sharing their application screen in Android and iOS apps. When a user clicks “Build My App,” Appdome leverages a microservice architecture filled with 1000s of security plugins, and an adaptive code generation engine that matches the correct required plugins to the development environment, frameworks, and methods in each app.

Prerequisites for notifying users screen sharing is not allowed

Here’s what you need to build secured apps with prevent app screen sharing

Appdome account (If you don’t have an Appdome account, create a free Appdome account here)
Mobile App (.ipa for iOS, or .apk or .aab for Android)
Signing Credentials (e.g., signing certificates and provisioning profile)

No Coding Dependency

Using Appdome, there are no development or coding prerequisites to build secured apps screen sharing prevention. There is no SDK and no library to manually code or implement in the app. The Appdome technology adds the relevant standards, frameworks, stores, and logic to the app automatically, with no manual development work at all.

How to Sign & Publish Secured Mobile Apps Built on Appdome

After successfully securing your app using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:

Signing Secure iOS and Android apps
Customizing, Configuring & Branding Secure Mobile Apps
Deploying/Publishing Secure mobile apps to Public or Private app stores

Or, see this quick reference Releasing Secured Android & iOS Apps built on Appdome.

More Mobile Privacy Resources

For more info please read the Knowledge Base article on Prevent Screen Sharing.

To zoom out on this topic, visit Appdome for Mobile App Security on our website.

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If you have any questions, please send them our way at support@appdome.com or via the chat window on the Appdome platform.

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