SoK: Software Debloating Landscape and Future Directions

M Alhanahnah, Y Boshmaf, A Gehani - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Software debloating seeks to mitigate security risks and improve performance by eliminating
unnecessary code. In recent years, a plethora of debloating tools have been developed …

Shelving it rather than Ditching it: Dynamically Debloating DEX and Native Methods of Android Applications without APK Modification

Z Zhang, J Liu, F Thung, H Ma, R Li, YN Tun… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Today's Android developers tend to include numerous features to accommodate diverse
user requirements, which inevitably leads to bloated apps. Yet more often than not, only a …