Hi Ariel I think this discussion can go into different directions.
- we might at some point give access to transforms that manipulate dex files but the question remain, how do you plan to do the actual transformation ? asm-dex seems to not be complete for instance. - we will keep a path (even with jack enabled) where javac will be used to compile java code into .class files and bytecode manipulation will still be possible before the .class files are reinjected into the jack pipeline (which will be how instant-run+jack will be implemented initially). - Jack will also provide an API (based on ECJ) to register jack native bytecode enhancement that will allow you to do byte code manipulation as well (although constructs will be at a higher level obviously). This might be how instant-run will evolve. which path would you rather take ? On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:26 AM Ariel Cattan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > At the initial stages of the Transform API there seemed to be a way to add > a Dex transformation, but this was taken away. > We are seeking for official/safe ways to instrument Dex files. It became > important when Jack was introduced (as Java bytecode instrumentation is not > possible with Jack), and now with Instant Run it is again very relevant. We > would like to have the build system call our plugin in order to transform > each Dex file being created, so that we could instrument it. With Instant > Run, for example, once a new small Dex is created - if we could have a > transform being called and handed this changed file - we could instrument > it on-the-fly, as part of the instant run build. > Is there a way to do it today, or plans to support such functionality in > the future? > > Thanks! > Ariel Cattan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "adt-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
