Relocate and Emulate:
Re-Hosting Android’s Application Layer
Relocate and Emulate:
Re-Hosting Android’s Application Layer
Supplementary Infos and Study Artefacts
This project introduces a systematic approach for re-hosting Android’s application layer from real-world device firmware into the Android emulator. The goal is to enable scalable and reproducible dynamic analysis of vendor-modified frameworks and pre-installed apps without relying on physical devices. Our methodology extracts application-layer components (framework binaries, APEX modules, libraries, and apps), generates AOSP-compatible build modules, and integrates them into vendor-flavoured emulator images.
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Thomas Sutter - https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2649-3299
Marc Rennhard: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-3258
Timo Kehrer: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-5557
Bernhard Tellenbach: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5008-1107