Binding

The main purpose of binding is to create bindings between the app and App Shielding so that the app will depend on App Shielding being present in order to execute normally.

The binding process modifies classes by extracting and removing values (constants) from the application code. When the app is launched, Shield will provide them for the app only if the configured App Shielding security policy is satisfied.

The strength of the binding depends on the number of constants removed from the app, as well as the distribution across the code base for the constants being removed.

The Shielding Tool adds the removed constants to the encrypted App Shielding runtime data.