Well, I think there is also another option. For those specific Android builds, the platform producer (e.g. Samsung, Sony Ericsson) can also provide to a given app producer specially prepared android.jar containing those API's. Therefore, having such library, reflection would not be required while writing such an application.
I guess this is the case I am more interested in. If I am not wrong, dex2jar tool makes use of framework-res.apk. But the latter contains only public APIs from official Android builds. Therefore, while decompiling, the tool will not be able to reverse private APIs. I am correct here? BR, polishcode On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Tim <str...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it's a private API, then it will should be accessing those > methods/classes via reflection. > > > -Tim Strazzere > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:48 AM, polishcode <polishc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I am trying to reverse engineer an apk file that I know uses non-public >> system API accessible only on specific devices with specific roms. I guess >> that API is accessed via reflection. >> However, after applying apktool etc. I do not get references to that API >> in the output sources (I know the methods' names). >> Any suggestions how to proceed in such a case? >> BR, >> polishcode >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Security Discussions" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to >> android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-security-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-security-discuss@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
