How to Implement Geo-Fencing in Android Apps Using AI

Last updated April 8, 2025 by Appdome

This Knowledge Base article describes how to use Appdome’s AI/ML in your CI/CD pipeline to continuously deliver plugins that Use Geo-Fencing in Android apps.

What Is Secure Geo Fencing?

Geo-fencing is a location-based security feature that allows mobile applications to enforce access controls based on geographic boundaries. By setting predefined geographic regions, apps can restrict or allow access to users depending on their location. This is particularly useful in industries such as finance, where compliance with laws and regulations is crucial, and dating, where fraud rates are high. Geo-fencing helps protect sensitive operations and data by preventing unauthorized access from high-risk regions and ensuring that the app complies with local laws.

How Appdome Protects Android Apps with Geo Fencing

Appdome’s dynamic Geo-Fencing plugin for Android defends against location-based threats like spoofing and unauthorized access from high-risk regions. The plugin allows developers to define geographic boundaries and manage banned countries, ensuring compliance with local laws and international sanctions. By integrating detailed vector maps from Natural Earth and referencing US, UN, and UK sanction lists, the plugin ensures precise geo-boundary definitions and blocks app usage in sanctioned regions. This protects the app from legal penalties and security threats. As part of the configuration, developers must select a Fencing Mode, choosing whether to allow or block access to the app based on user location by specifying countries to whitelist (Allow Areas) or blacklist (Block Areas).
Mobile developers can use Appdome’s Threat-Events™ to gather data on geo-fencing events and create a customized user experience when such threats are detected.

Prerequisites for Using Appdome's Geo-Fencing Plugins:

To use Appdome’s mobile app security build system to Use Geo-Fencing , you’ll need:

How to Implement Use Geo-Fencing in Android Apps Using Appdome

On Appdome, follow these 3 simple steps to create self-defending Android Apps that Use Geo-Fencing without an SDK or gateway:

  1. Designate the Mobile App to be protected.

    1. Upload an app via the Appdome Mobile Defense platform GUI or via Appdome’s DEV-API or CI/CD Plugins.

    2. Android Formats: .apk or .aab
    3. Geo-Fencing is compatible with: Java, JS, C++, C#, Kotlin, Flutter, React Native, Unity, Xamarin, Cordova and other Android apps.
  2. Select the defense: Geo-Fencing.

      1. Create and name the Fusion Set (security template) that will contain the Geo-Fencing feature as shown below:
        fusion set that contains Geo-Fencing

        Figure 1: Fusion Set that will contain the Geo-Fencing feature

      2. Follow the steps in Sections 2.2-2.2.2 of this article to add the Geo-Fencing feature to your Fusion Set via the Appdome Console.

      3. When you select the Geo-Fencing you'll notice that the Fusion Set you created in step 2.1 now bears the icon of the protection category that contains Geo-Fencing.

        Fusion Set applied Geo-Fencing

        Figure 2: Fusion Set that displays the newly added Geo-Fencing protection
        Note: Annotating the Fusion Set to identify the protection(s) selected is optional only (not mandatory).

      4. Open the Fusion Set Detail Summary by clicking the “...” symbol on the far-right corner of the Fusion Set. Copy the Fusion Set ID from the Fusion Set Detail Summary (as shown below): fusion Set Detail Summary image

        Figure 3: Fusion Set Detail Summary

      5. Follow the instructions below to use the Fusion Set ID inside any standard mobile DevOps or CI/CD toolkit like Bitrise, Jenkins, Travis, Team City, Circle CI or other system:
        1. Refer to the Appdome API Reference Guide for API building instructions.
        2. Look for sample APIs in Appdome’s GitHub Repository.
    1. Add the Geo-Fencing feature to your security template.

      1. Navigate to Build > Geo Compliance tab > Geo Compliance section in the Appdome Console.
      2. Toggle On Geo-Fencing.

        (a) Choose to monitor this attack vector by checking the Threat Events checkbox associated with Geo-Fencing as shown below.

        (b) To receive mobile Threat Monitoring, check the ThreatScope™ box as shown below. For more details, see our knowledge base article on ThreatScope™ Mobile XDR.
        Geo-Fencing option

        Figure 4: Selecting Use Geo-Fencing

      3. Select the Threat-Event™ in-app mobile Threat Defense and Intelligence policy for Geo-Fencing:
        1. Threat-Events™ OFF > In-App Defense

          If the Threat-Events™ setting is not selected. Appdome will detect and defend the user and app by enforcing Geo-Fencing.

        2. Threat-Events™ ON > In-App Detection

          When this setting is used, Appdome detects that the app is used in an unauthorized Geo location and passes Appdome’s Threat-Event™ attack intelligence to the app’s business logic for processing, enforcement, and user notification. For more information on consuming and using Appdome Threat-Events™ in the app, see section Using Threat-Events™ to Use Geo-Fencing Intelligence and Control in Mobile Apps.

        3. Threat-Events™ ON > In-App Defense

          When this setting is used, Appdome detects and defends against Geo-Fencing (same as Appdome Enforce) and passes Appdome’s Threat-Event™ attack intelligence to the app’s business logic for processing. For more information on consuming and using Appdome Threat-Events™ in the app, see section Using Threat-Events™ for Use Geo-Fencing Intelligence and Control in Mobile Apps.

    2. Initiate the build command either by clicking Build My App at the bottom of the Build Workflow (shown in Figure 4) or via your CI/CD as described in Section 2.1.4.
    Congratulations!  The Geo-Fencing protection is now added to the mobile app
  3. Certify the Geo-Fencing feature in Android Apps

    After building Geo-Fencing, Appdome generates a Certified Secure™ certificate to guarantee that the Geo-Fencing protection has been added and is protecting the app. To verify that the Geo-Fencing protection has been added to the mobile app, locate the protection in the Certified Secure™ certificate as shown below: Geo-Fencing shown in Certificate secure

    Figure 5: Certified Secure™ certificate

    Each Certified Secure™ certificate provides DevOps and DevSecOps organizations the entire workflow summary, audit trail of each build, and proof of protection that Geo-Fencing has been added to each Android app. Certified Secure provides instant and in-line DevSecOps compliance certification that Geo-Fencing and other mobile app security features are in each build of the mobile app.

Using Threat-Events™ for Geo-Fencing Intelligence and Control in Android Apps

Appdome Threat-Events™ provides consumable in-app mobile app attack intelligence and defense control when Geo-Fencing is detected. To consume and use Threat-Events™ for Geo-Fencing in Android Apps, use registerReceiver in the Application OnCreate, and the code samples for Threat-Events™ for Geo-Fencing shown below.

The specifications and options for Threat-Events™ for Geo-Fencing are:

Threat-Event™ Elements Use Geo-Fencing Method Detail
Appdome Feature Name Geo-Fencing
Threat-Event Mode
OFF, IN-APP DEFENSE Appdome detects, defends and notifies user (standard OS dialog) using customizable messaging.
ON, IN-APP DETECTION Appdome detects the attack or threat and passes the event in a standard format to the app for processing (app chooses how and when to enforce).
ON, IN-APP DEFENSE Uses Appdome Enforce mode for any attack or threat and passes the event in a standard format to the app for processing (gather intel on attacks and threats without losing any protection).
Certified Secure™ Threat Event Check
Visible in ThreatScope™
Developer Parameters for Using Geo-Fencing Threat-Event™
Threat-Event NAME GeoFencingUnauthorizedLocation
Threat-Event DATA reasonData
Threat-Event CODE reasonCode
Threat-Event REF 7266
Threat-Event SCORE
currentThreatEventScore Current Threat-Event score
threatEventsScore Total Threat-events score
Threat-Event Context Keys
message Message displayed for the user on event
failSafeEnforce Timed enforcement against the identified threat
externalID The external ID of the event which can be listened via Threat Events
osVersion OS version of the current device
deviceModel Current device model
deviceManufacturer The manufacturer of the current device
fusedAppToken The task ID of the Appdome fusion of the currently running app
kernelInfo Info about the kernel: system name, node name, release, version and machine.
carrierPlmn PLMN of the device. Only available for Android devices.
deviceID Current device ID
reasonCode Reason code of the occurred event
buildDate Appdome fusion date of the current application
devicePlatform OS name of the current device
carrierName Carrier name of the current device. Only available for Android.
updatedOSVersion Is the OS version up to date
deviceBrand Brand of the device
deviceBoard Board of the device
buildUser Build user
buildHost Build host
sdkVersion Sdk version
timeZone Time zone
deviceFaceDown Is the device face down
locationLong Location longitude conditioned by location permission
locationLat Location latitude conditioned by location permission
locationState Location state conditioned by location permission
wifiSsid Wifi SSID
wifiSsidPermissionStatus Wifi SSID permission status
threatCode The last six characters of the threat code specify the OS, allowing the Threat Resolution Center to address the attack on the affected device.

With Threat-Events™ enabled (turned ON), Android developers can get detailed attack intelligence and granular defense control in Android applications and create amazing user experiences for all mobile end users when Geo-Fencing is detected.


The following is a code sample for native Android apps, which uses all values in the specification above for Geo-Fencing:


Important! Replace all placeholder instances of <Context Key> with the specific name of your threat event context key across all language examples. This is crucial to ensure your code functions correctly with the intended event data. For example, The <Context Key> could be the message, externalID, OS Version, reason code, etc.



Using Appdome, there are no development or coding prerequisites to build secured Android Apps by using Geo-Fencing. There is no SDK and no library to code or implement in the app and no gateway to deploy in your network. All protections are built into each app and the resulting app is self-defending and self-protecting.

Releasing and Publishing Mobile Apps with Geo-Fencing

After successfully securing your app by using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:

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