Android Software Internals Quick Reference: A Field Manual and Security Reference Guide to Java-based Android Components

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J. StevensonAndroid Software Internals Quick Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6914-5_10

10. Reflection and Class Loading

James Stevenson¹  

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Reflection

Reflection is one of the many aces up the sleeve when it comes to taking apart Android applications and getting them running in a state that suits you. To put it simply reflection is an API that can be used to access, examine, and modify objects at runtime - this includes fields, methods, classes, and interfaces (as can be seen in Figure 10-1).

Figure 10-1

Java reflection diagram

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