Hey there! 👋 I’ve just started exploring Android pentesting, and instead of keeping notes in ten different folders…. thought I’d put it all down here.
I’ll be sharing my notes here so I don’t forget and if it helps someone else who’s figuring things out too, even better…😄
Covered topics in this post : About Android and OS, What is Rooting, Important directories, Structure of an APK, Types of android apps, Android components and IPC, Android Emulators and ADB installation.
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Android? it’s that Linux-based OS for phones and tablets backed by Google, and all the usual classic blah blah definition… 🙂
The current version in 2025 is Android 16.
You can check your device’s version under: Settings → About phone → Android version.
Android runs on the Linux kernel, which handles low-level tasks like memory, process & device management.
To keep things smooth between software and hardware, there’s the HAL (Hardware…