For what is worth, most .class file obfuscators will work with dex, i.e. the resulting obfuscated .class file should be succesfully translated into a working .dex file. That may be a temporary counter-measure if you worry about having your applications decompiled.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dexdump (included in the SDK) can get you to the assembly code level, so > you'd then have to hunt around for the checks, remove, and re-compile. > > Unfortunately there is little that can be done to prevent reverse > engineering and recompilation unless you totally lock down the app > installation process (e.g. the iPhone way), and even then there are no > guarantees... http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/iphone-develope.html > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stoyan Damov > Sent: 31 March 2009 14:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Piracy and app "protection" > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The dex format is actually well documented, there are official tools > > to work with it (e.g. dexdump) as well as third-party tools. There's > > nothing to reverse engineer, it's all out there. > > > > So, one can reverse engineer a .dex into source code, remove any > protection, > recompile, re-sign with his key and thus remove the protection of any app > for Android? > > Cheers > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
