Cordova RootBeer

This is a simple wrapper plugin for RootBeer library by @scottyab for android. You can access 13 functions of the library.

Link to Scott's library .

Installation

Cordova:

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-rootbeer

Ionic:

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-rootbeer

Functions

Syntax

window.cdvRootBeer.isRooted(successCallback, errorCallback);

Success Callbacks

The responses on successCallbacks are either true or false. NB, these are string values not boolean values. e.g.

window.cdvRootBeer.isRooted(function(res){
// res will be true for rooted device.
// res will be false for non-rooted device.
}, errorCallback)

| Methods | True | False | | ------------------------------ | :---: | ----: | | checkForBusyBoxBinary | true | false | | checkForSuBinary | true | false | | checkSuExists | true | false | | checkForRWPaths | true | false | | checkForDangerousProps | true | false | | checkForRootNative | true | false | | detectRootCloakingApps | true | false | | detectRootManagementApps | true | false | | detectPotentiallyDangerousApps | true | false | | detectTestKeys | true | false | | isSelinuxFlagInEnabled | true | false | | isRooted | true | false | | isRootedWithoutBusyBoxCheck | true | false |

Method Description

checkForBusyBoxBinary: This essentially checks for busybox binary in known locations like /bin , /xbin & /sbin.

checkForSuBinary : Checks for su binary in known locations.

checkSuExists : Checks for native root in a different manner.

checkForRWPaths : Checks if paths are writable . Especially important if you have /system is rw.

checkForDangerousProps: Checks for dangerous props in build. Custom ROMs include some props which enable ease of rooting. Especially ro.debuggable.

checkForRootNative : Yet another root check. Checks for root natively, which is harder against root cloaks.

detectRootCloakingApps : Detects Root cloaking apps like rootcloak, & hide my root .Also Xposed and Substrate which are frameworks which help in cloaking.

detectRootManagementApps: Detects Root management Apps like SuperSU, Superuser (noshufou),Superuser (koush)

detectPotentiallyDangerousApps : Detect apps like Lucky Patcher ,ROM Manager & App Quarantine. The list is quite limited though.

detectTestKeys : Detects if ROM build has test-keys

isSelinuxFlagInEnabled : Checks if SE Linux is Enforcing. Thats it.

isRooted: IsRooted is amalgamation of the methods above.

• detectRootManagementApps
• detectPotentiallyDangerousApps
• checkForSuBinary
• checkForBusyBoxBinary
• checkForDangerousProps
• checkForDangerousProps
• detectTestKeys
• checkSuExists
• checkForRootNative

isRootedWithoutBusyBoxCheck : Same as above , just without busybox check. Some phone manufacturers bundle busybox with their firmware.

Issues

Post the issues related to this library here . Do provide the device details as below.

• Device name & manufacturer
• Android version
• Custom OS version (Lineage , MIUI , Exodus, DU)