Do a research on how Parallel Space works

[ameshkov]

Here's the app I am talking about:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parallel.space.lite&hl=en

Running an app inside of a container can help us resolve an issue with HTTPS filtering limitations in Nougat.

[TPS]

From what I read, it looks to me something like Island (from the dev behind Greenify), which leverages Android work profiles. Further reading:

• https://www.android.com/enterprise/employees/
• https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/6191949
• https://support.google.com/work/android/answer/7029561

[TPS]

I meant to add, IMHO, it's quite cumbersome, & I got tired of using Island pretty quickly.

[ameshkov]

@TPS awesome, thanks for the tip!

I wonder, isn't it a way in the Play store for an ad blocker? Would it violate their terms to filter traffic of an app cloned inside of such an Island?

[TPS]

I'm sure the GPlay policies apply to apps in the || Space/Island, but maybe more subtly, like your approved addon for various browsers: If any of these Android@Work profiling apps is extensible enough, maybe an addon to those would be approved, perhaps if marketed as a business security app, especially released in conjunction w/ #775 (comment).

[ameshkov]

And here's an open source example (that we can't use, but we can at least read&inspire by):
https://github.com/ameshkov/VirtualApp

[TPS]

Some Google-fu gives https://github.com/googlesamples/android-testdpc, which looks official & useful, & under Apache-2.0 license. 😀

[lancelot-moon]

https://github.com/android-hacker/VAExposed

It seems that VAExposed is also the similar app.

[ameshkov]

Thank you for the help, guys!

[ameshkov]

Okay, so after all, it's not Island and DPC.

This is more of a full-scale virtualization like VirtualApp and this: https://github.com/DroidPluginTeam/DroidPlugin

Frankly, GPL shouldn't be a problem. I don't see it as a part of AdGuard anyway, it should be a companion app, that can be released under GPL

[TPS]

Just FYI, Island source is now released under Apache-2.0 license.