AndroZoo: A Retrospective with a Glimpse into the Future
In 2016, we released AndroZoo, a continuously expanding dataset of Android applications that aggregates apps from various sources, including the official Google Play app market. As of today, AndroZoo contains approximately 24 million APK files, making it, to the best of our knowledge, the most extensive dataset of Android APKs accessible to the research community. Currently, an average of 500000 APKs are downloaded every day, with our initial MSR paper counting more than 880 citations on Google Scholar. Over time, we have consistently expanded AndroZoo, adapting to app markets’ evolution and refining our collection process. Additionally, we have started collecting supplementary data that could be valuable for various Android-related research projects and that we are providing to users, such as app descriptions, upload dates, ratings, lists of permissions, and many other kinds of data. This paper begins with a retrospective analysis of Androzoo, offering statistics on APK files, apps, users, and downloads. Then, we introduce the new data we are releasing to users, offering insights and examples of their usage.
Mon 15 AprDisplayed time zone: Lisbon change
16:00 - 17:30 | Mobile AppsData and Tool Showcase Track / Technical Papers at Almada Negreiros Chair(s): Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno | ||
16:00 12mTalk | Automating GUI-based Test Oracles for Mobile Apps Technical Papers Kesina Baral CQSE America, Jack Johnson , Junayed Mahmud George Mason University, Sabiha Salma George Mason University, Mattia Fazzini University of Minnesota, Julia Rubin University of British Columbia, Jeff Offutt George Mason University, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida | ||
16:12 12mTalk | Global Prosperity or Local Monopoly? Understanding the Geography of App Popularity Technical Papers Liu Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Conghui Zheng Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Haoyu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Xiapu Luo The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Gareth Tyson Queen Mary University of London, Yi Wang , Shangguang Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | ||
16:24 12mTalk | GuiEvo: Automated Evolution of Mobile App UIs Technical Papers Sabiha Salma George Mason University, S M Hasan Mansur George Mason University, Yule Zhang George Mason University, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida | ||
16:36 12mTalk | Comparing Apples to Androids: Discovery, Retrieval, and Matching of iOS and Android Apps for Cross-Platform Analyses Technical Papers Magdalena Steinböck TU Wien, Jakob Bleier TU Wien, Mikka Rainer CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Tobias Urban Institute for Internet Security & secunet Security Networks AG, Christine Utz CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Martina Lindorfer TU Wien | ||
16:48 12mTalk | Keep Me Updated: An Empirical Study on Embedded Javascript Engines in Android Apps Technical Papers Elliott Wen The University of Auckland, Jiaxiang Liu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Xiapu Luo The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Giovanni Russello University of Auckland, Jens Dietrich Victoria University of Wellington | ||
17:00 12mTalk | Large Language Model vs. Stack Overflow in Addressing Android Permission Related Challenges Technical Papers Sahrima Jannat Oishwee University of Saskatchewan, Natalia Stakhanova University of Saskatchewan, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
17:12 4mTalk | DATAR: A Dataset for Tracking App Releases Data and Tool Showcase Track Yasaman Abedini Sharif University of Technology, Mohammad Hadi Hajihosseini Sharif University of Technology, Abbas Heydarnoori Bowling Green State University | ||
17:16 4mTalk | AndroZoo: A Retrospective with a Glimpse into the Future Data and Tool Showcase Track Marco Alecci University of Luxembourg, Pedro Jesús Ruiz Jiménez University of Luxembourg, Kevin Allix Independent Researcher, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg | ||