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I don't know anything about Android or iOS coding but...

I'm actually very suprised it's coded the way it is, a stack of screens that are dismissed over the top of each other. I would expect one very specific boolean/flag bottleneck that says if the device is locked or unlocked. Then a list of actions that can be taken when locked (such as sim pins, emergency calls etc) and then unlocked (such as everything else). And that flag can only be flipped by unlocking the phone. This set of screens on top of the phone that can be dismissed is very surprising to me.

Does anyone know how the iOS lock screen works? Is it the same way?



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