Recent software advances have led to an expansion of the development and usage of
application programming interfaces (APIs). From millions of Android packages (APKs) …

With the proliferation of online developer forums, developers share their opinions about the
APIs they use. The plethora of such information can present challenges to the developers to …

Online programming discussion platforms such as Stack Overflow serve as a rich source of
information for software developers. Available information include vibrant discussions and …

Vulnerabilities in Android code--including but not limited to insecure data storage,
unprotected inter-component communication, broken TLS implementations, and violations of …

Abstract 'Software ecosystems' is argued to first appear as a concept more than 10 years
ago and software ecosystem research started to take off in 2010. We conduct a systematic …

Third-party libraries in Android apps have repeatedly been shown to be hazards to the
users' privacy and an amplification of their host apps' attack surface. A particularly …

Android ecosystem is heavily fragmented. The numerous combinations of different device
models and operating system versions make it impossible for Android app developers to …

Nowadays software applications, and especially mobile apps, undergo frequent release
updates through app stores. After installing/updating apps, users can post reviews and …

The Android Application Programming Interface provides the necessary building blocks for
app developers to harness the functionalities of the Android devices, including for interacting …

Deep learning has gained substantial popularity in recent years. Developers mainly rely on
libraries and tools to add deep learning capabilities to their software. What kinds of bugs are …