Android App-Hook and Plug-In Technology

<p>This book presents the Android plug-in technology used in Android development. This technology is widely used by a majority of Chinese internet companies and is becoming more widely used worldwide. The book fully describes the history of Android plug-in technology the installation and startup process and new features of the Android plug-in technology. It also explores plug-in solutions for peripheral technologies. The book is designed to help Android app developers better understand the underlying technology of the Android system.</p><p></p><p><strong>Features</strong></p><p></p><ul> <br><br><li>Introduces Android system knowledge including the communication between AMS and four components</li> <br><br><li>Describes the Hook technique by Proxy.newProxyInstance and reflection to modify Android system behavior for example to launch an activity not declared in the AndroidManifest.</li> <br><br><li>Shows how to use the Hook apk packaging process in Gradle</li> <br><br><li>Covers how to merge the resources in the plugin app and the host app and how to merge dex of the host app and all the plugin apps</li> <br><br><li>Presents the SO technique and how to launch SO files dynamically</li> </ul><p></p>