Android DRM

The Android platform provides an extensible DRM framework that lets applications manage rights-protected content according to the license constraints associated with the content. The DRM framework supports many DRM schemes; which DRM schemes a device supports is up to the device manufacturer. The DRM framework introduced in Android 3.0 provides a unified interface for application developers and hides the complexity of DRM operations. The DRM framework provides a consistent operation mode for protected and non-protected content. DRM schemes can define very complex usage models by license metadata. The DRM framework provides the association between DRM content and license, and handles the rights management. This enables the media player to be abstracted from DRM-protected or non-protected content. See MediaDrm for the class to obtain keys for decrypting protected media streams. Read more...