Android Debug Bridge¶
How to known which SDKs an app uses¶
Opening an apk reveals a LOT about which SDK some Android app use Visage de robot I was curious about what other use in their app (Jetpack Compose ? React Native ? Flutter ? Native libs ?). Want to try out ?
Take your Android phone (or emulator), download an app ⬇️
You need to get the package name of the app.
Two ways of doing this :
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Open your desktop's browser, check the app's Play Store url, it's there :
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Or open the app and use this command :
adb shell dumpsys activity activities. In the logs, you should see which activity is on top.
Once you have the package name, find the apk location with this command : adb shell pm path the.package.name.you.found.previously. It returns the location of all apk and the base apk location.
Pull it with adb pull the/location/found/previously
Open it in Android Studio. Open the classes.dex files and tadaaa Bombe de table You recognize some sdk/lib package names.
