Distribution of Mobile Apps Considering Cross-Platform Development Frameworks in Android Environment (안드로이드 환경에서 크로스 플랫폼 개발 프레임워크에 따른 모바일 앱 분포)

Gyoosik Kim (김규식); Jeon SoYeon (전소연); SEONG JE CHO (조성제)

doi:10.29056/jsav.2019.06.02

Distribution of Mobile Apps Considering Cross-Platform Development Frameworks in Android Environment

Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
Abbr : JSAV
2019, 15(1), pp.11-24
DOI : 10.29056/jsav.2019.06.02
Publisher : Korea Software Assessment and Valuation Society
Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
Received : June 2, 2019
Accepted : June 20, 2019
Published : June 30, 2019

Gyoosik Kim ¹, Jeon SoYeon ¹, SEONG JE CHO ¹

¹단국대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Using cross-platform development frameworks, mobile app developers can easily implement mobile apps for multiple platforms in one step. The frameworks also provides adversaries with the ability to write malicious code once, and then run it anywhere for other platforms. In this paper, we analyze the ratio of benign and malicious apps written by cross-platform development frameworks for Android apps collected from AndroZoo’s site. The analysis results show that the percentage of benign apps written in the frameworks continues to increase, accounting for 45% of all benign apps in 2018. The percentage of malicious apps written in the frameworks accounted for 25% of all malicious apps in 2015, but that percentage has declined since then. This study provides useful information to make a suitable choice when app developers face several challenges in cross platform app development.

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cross-platform development framework, native app, hybrid app, self-contained app, malicious app

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