Third-party libraries (TPLs) have been widely used in mobile apps, which play an essential
part in the entire Android ecosystem. However, TPL is a double-edged sword. On the one …

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) has quickly evolved to a new appified era where third-party
developers can write apps for IoT platforms using programming frameworks. Like other …

In parallel with the meteoric rise of mobile software, we are witnessing an alarming
escalation in the number and sophistication of the security threats targeted at mobile …

The packaging model of Android apps requires the entire code necessary for the execution
of an app to be shipped into one single apk file. Thus, an analysis of Android apps often …

Android apps pervasively use third-party libraries (TPL) to reuse functionalities and improve
development efficiency. The insufficient knowledge of the TPL internal exposes the …

The third-party libraries are reusable resources that are widely employed in Android Apps.
While the third-party libraries provide a variety of functions, they bring serious security and …

Android developers commonly use app obfuscation to secure their apps and intellectual
property. Although obfuscation provides protection, it presents an obstacle for a number of …

Automatic program repair techniques offer the possibility of reducing, or even eliminating,
the substantial manual effort that currently goes into the patching of software defects …

In an era marked by ubiquitous reliance on mobile applications for nearly every need, the
opacity of apps' behavior poses significant threats to their users' privacy. Although major …

The packaging model of Android apps requires the entire code to be shipped into a single
APK file in order to be installed and executed on a device. This model introduces noises to …