Decompiling Android

Table of contents

1. Title
2. Dedication
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Contents
5. About the Author
6. About the Technical Reviewer
7. Acknowledgments
8. Preface
9. Chapter 1: Laying the Groundwork
   1. Compilers and Decompilers
   2. Virtual Machine Decompilers
   3. Why Java with Android?
   4. Why Android?
   5. History of Decompilers
   6. Legal Issues to Consider When Decompiling
   7. Moral Issues
   8. Protecting Yourself
   9. Summary
10. Chapter 2: Ghost in the Machine
    1. The JVM: An Exploitable Design
    2. Simple Stack Machine
    3. Inside a Class File
    4. Summary
11. Chapter 3: Inside the DEX File
    1. Ghost in the Machine, Part Deux
    2. Breaking the DEX File into Its Constituent Parts
    3. Summary
12. Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
    1. Downloading the APK
    2. Decompiling an APK
    3. Disassemblers
    4. Decompilers
    5. Protecting Your Source
    6. Summary
13. Chapter 5: Decompiler Design
    1. Theory Behind the Design
    2. Defining the Problem
    3. (De)Compiler Tools
    4. Strategy: Deciding on your Parser Design
    5. Parser Design
    6. Summary
14. Chapter 6: Decompiler Implementation
    1. DexToXML
    2. DexToSource
    3. Example 1: Casting.java
    4. Example 2: Hello World
    5. Example 3: if Statement
    6. Refactoring
    7. Summary
15. Chapter 7: Hear No Evil, See No Evil: A Case Study
    1. Obfuscation Case Study
    2. Myths
    3. Solution 1: ProGuard
    4. Solution 2: DashO
    5. Reviewing the Case Study
    6. Summary
16. Appendix A: Opcode Tables
17. Index