# Tapjacking Protection: Rejecting Android Touches Behind an Overlay

DevFeed: [Tapjacking Protection: Rejecting Android Touches Behind an Overlay](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tapjacking-protection-rejecting-android-touches-behind-an-overlay-19544.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tapjacking-protection/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-08-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-12](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-12.md>), [false-positive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/false-positive.md>), [hardening](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardening.md>), [protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protection.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>)

## AI overview

Codename One adds Android tapjacking and screen-overlay protection. The feature can report or block gestures that begin behind another application's overlay and can ask Android 12 or newer to prevent overlays on sensitive screens.

## Source excerpt

Codename One can now report or block Android gestures that begin behind another application's overlay, and can ask Android 12 or newer to hide overlay windows on sensitive screens.