Use this handy field guide as a quick reference book and cheat sheet for all of the techniques
you use or reference day to day. Covering up to Android 11 this Android Java programming
reference guide focuses on non-UI elements with a security focus. You won't see Android UI
development nor will you see low-level C or kernel techniques. Instead this book focuses on
easily digestible useful and interesting techniques in Java and the Android system. This
reference guide was created out of the need for myself to jot down all the useful techniques I
commonly reached for and so I'm now sharing these techniques with you whether you are an
Android internals software engineer or security researcher. What You Will Learn Discover the
differences between and how to access application names package names IDs and unique
identifiers in Android Quickly reference common techniques such as storage the activity
lifecycle and permissions Debug using the Android shell Work with Android's obfuscation and
encryption capabilities Extract and decompile Android applications Carry out Android reflection
and dex class loading Who This Book Is For Programmers developers and admins with at least
prior Android and Java experience.
