When using the native rendering mode, the SDK can record sensitive data in your application.

In order to protect user privacy, you can configure Smartlook to not record sensitive data.

Smartlook attempts to hide selected sensitive UI elements automatically. It can be also instructed to hide or show particular UI components. Alternatively, using one of the wireframe rendering modes records the screen in a schematic way, showing no user data. The last possibility is to stop screen capturing altogether by using no rendering mode.

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Locally hidden elements

Sensitive elements are hidden locally on the device. No sensitive data is transferred to or stored in the dashboard.

View sensitivity

You can set sensitivity to any View instance:

sampleView.isSensitive = true|false|null

Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setViewInstanceSensitivity(sampleView, true|false|null);

Any View can be also tagged directly in the XML layout file:

<View>
    <tag android:id="@id/sl_sensitivity" android:value="true|false"/>
</View>

Class sensitivity

You can also set the sensitivity to all instances of a Class that extends a View rather than setting the sensitivity on a specific View:

SampleViewClass::class.isSensitive = true|false|null

Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setViewInstanceSensitivity(view, true|false|null);

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Default sensitive classes

By default, the EditText and WebView classes are set as sensitive. To override the sensitivity on the class or instance level, set the class or instance sensitivity to false or null.

Sensitivity prioritization

When determining if the View instance is sensitive, the resolution process checks the sensitivity in a strict order.

View instances are not recorded if:

1. the XML has the sl_sensitivity tag set to true.
2. the sensitivity is set to true.
3. the Class sensitivity is set to true.

Class hierarchy and sensitivity

Sensitivity set to a more specific class (deeper in the inheritance tree) has higher priority. We will demonstrate this principle in the example using the inheritance tree:

If TextView is set to be sensitive and RadioButton is explicitly set to not be sensitive:

TextView::class.isSensitive = true
RadioButton::class.isSensitive = false

Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setViewClassSensitivity(TextView.class, true);
Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setViewClassSensitivity(RadioButton.class, false);

These statements are factual if we assume no View instance-specific sensitivity is set:

• All instances of TextView, Button, CompoundButton, RadioButton, Switch, and ToggleButton will be sensitive
• All instances of RadioButton are not sensitive, even though RadioButton inherits from the sensitive class TextView.

No Rendering

Sometimes, the entire screen is filled with sensitive data. In these cases, it is best not to record any data. To not record any data, use the NO_RENDERING rendering mode:

Smartlook.instance.preferences.renderingMode = RenderingMode.NO_RENDERING

Smartlook.getInstance().getPreferences().setRenderingMode(RenderingMode.NO_RENDERING)

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Rendering modes

The Smartlook SDK provides rendering modes that hide sensitive information by simplifying the rendered screen for recording. This is still useful to you because all user interactions are still recorded, but no sensitive data is rendered. For more information, see Rendering modes.

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Automatically-detected touch events

Some screens display sensitive data through automatically detected touch events. Read more about this issue in secure custom keyboard example.

When the application no longer displays sensitive data, you can set screen rendering mode to NATIVE:

Smartlook.instance.preferences.renderingMode = RenderingMode.NATIVE

Smartlook.getInstance().getPreferences().setRenderingMode(RenderingMode.NATIVE)

Handling WebView sensitivity

If an app uses WebView and you want record them, you need to enable WebView recording. You can enable WebView recording by removing the sensitivity:

WebView::class.isSensitive = null

Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setViewClassSensitivity(WebView.class, null);

If WebView is being recorded, all sensitive elements on the displayed website should be marked as sensitive so that they are hidden. You can mark sensitive elements as sensitive using HTML elements with .smartlook-hide css class:

<div class='smartlook-hide'>
   This will be hidden.
</div>

All inputs are hidden by default except button and submit. If some hidden inputs should be recorded, they can be marked with .smartlook-show css class:

<input type="text" class='smartlook-show'>

Recording mask

In cases where areas of the app shouldn't be recorded, but cannot be defined by a view, you can use RecordingMask:

val recordingMask = RecordingMask(
  listOf(
    RecordingMask.Element(
      Rect(left, top, right, bottom),
      RecordingMask.Element.Type.COVERING|RecordingMask.Element.Type.ERASING
    )
  )
)

Smartlook.instance.sensitivity.recordingMask = recordingMask

ArrayList<RecordingMask.Element> elements = new ArrayList<>();

elements.add(
  new RecordingMask.Element(
    new Rect(left, top, right, bottom),
    RecordingMask.Element.Type.COVERING|RecordingMask.Element.Type.ERASING
  )
);

RecordingMask recordingMask = new RecordingMask(elements);

Smartlook.getInstance().getSensitivity().setRecordingMask(recordingMask);

You can only have one Recording mask set at a time, but the recording mask can contain a list of RecordingMask.Element to cover multiple areas at once.

RecordingMask.Element can be one of two types:

• RecordingMask.Element.Type.COVERING – area defined by the element Rect will not be recorded.
• RecordingMask.Element.Type.ERASING – area defined by the element Rect will be recorded even if a previously RecordingMask.Element was COVERING this area.