Episode 002: Life after Dexguard

DayToDayDroid

Dexguard - https://www.guardsquare.com/en/dexguard Dexguard is a paid tool for code obfuscation from the creators of Proguard. In this podcast, we discuss about the recent dexguard implementation experience with Sakis. To know more about code obfuscation, What is Code obfuscation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscation_(software) Official website of Proguard: https://www.guardsquare.com/en/proguard Official website of Dexguard: https://www.guardsquare.com/en/dexguard An introduction to Proguard: https://medium.com/@jonfinerty/beginner-to-proguard-b3327ff3a831#.806b817vk How does Dexguard encrypt information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13245623/how-does-dexguard-encrypt-classes Overview of Dexguard features https://youtu.be/_xq-eVWU5u8?t=8m30s Doing tamper detection manually: https://www.airpair.com/android/posts/adding-tampering-detection-to-your-android-app (Advanced) What can you achieve without a private key for an APK: https://www.blackhat.com/docs/ldn-15/materials/london-15-Xiao-What-Can-You-Do-To-An-APK-Without-Its-Private-Key-wp.pdf Retrace tool: https://www.guardsquare.com/en/proguard/manual/retrace Crashlytics and proguard: https://docs.fabric.io/android/crashlytics/dex-and-proguard.html Multidex and method count limit: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex.html Mapping file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25724645/android-studio-where-is-the-proguard-mapping-file How to decompile an APK: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3122635/is-it-possible-to-decompile-an-android-apk-file Decompilers: https://github.com/skylot/jadx , https://github.com/google/android-classyshark DayToDayDroid is all about everyday problems faced by Android developers and the solutions they come up with. Hosts: @balachandarkm (twitter.com/balachandarkm) and @skaliakoudas (twitter.com/skaliakoudas) Intro Music: Electric Sunrise by Joshwoodward (https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/ElectricSunrise)