How to Connect to Trusted Mobile Hosts with URL Whitelisting

What is URL Whitelisting? 

URL Whitelisting in mobile apps includes a list of approved, trusted websites that the app is permitted to communicate with. All other URLs are blocked. URL Whitelisting provides a method to identify sites that an app can access.  The goal of whitelisting is to provide a safe space for users accessing services via an app.

Appdome is a no-code mobile app security platform designed to add security features, like URL Whitelisting to Android and iOS apps without coding.  This KB shows mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals how to use Appdome’s simple ‘click to build’ user interface to quickly and easily prevent mobile phishing attacks. 

Appdome’s no-code mobile app security platform offers mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals a convenient and reliable way to protect Android and iOS apps using URL Whitelisting.  When an Appdome 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.

3 Easy Steps Add URL Whitelisting to Android & iOS Apps

Follow these 3 Easy Steps to add URL Whitelisting to Any iOS or Android App:

1. Upload a mobile app to Appdome (.apk, .ipa, .aab)
2. Go to the Build tab, Select Security, Expand Secure Communication, turn on URL Whitelisting.
   • Click “+ Add” and add the hostname you want to whitelist
   • You can edit the App Compromise Notification (Optional)
   • You can use Threat Events to handle compromises internally in the app (Optional)
3. Click Build My App.