Project

Android Libraries

Android Libraries aims at building a database of frequently used Android libraries containing primary signatures (eg. Java package name), licenses, anti-features, etc. These data can be used to gather insights on libraries used by an unobfuscated Android application, and a user can decide whether to install the application based on their threat model. This is one of the first open source projects to systematically list such signatures. The list is based on the works of IzzyOnDroid and Exodus in addition to signatures investigated by the App Manager contributors. This project is currently in progress and only being used by App Manager. Once it is stable, third-party apps will be able to use the list to display insights to the users.

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Screenshot from App Manager displaying a list of trackers and libraries in an app taken from the project.