General info

AndroidDetector is a library/API written in Java that can detect Android smells.

Empirical study: https://pure.tudelft.nl/portal/files/55394009/preprint.pdf

Currently, it supports the detection of the following smels:

supported by AndroidDetector 1.0

1. Magic Resource
2. Deep Nested Layout
3. Missing Image
4. Coupled UI Component
5. Suspicious Behavior
6. Longor Repeated Layout
7. Fool Adapter
8. Excessive Use of Fragments
9. UI Component Doing IO
10. No Use of Fragments
11. God Style Resource
12. God String Resource
13. Duplicate Style Attributes
14. Flex Adapter
15. Inappropriate String Reuse
16. Hidden Listener
17. Brain UI Component

How to build Android Detector

DetectorUI

Graphic interface Java Swing

AndroidDetector

library/API Java

DetectorApi

Api Java Spring

https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/

Example Front End in ReactJS consuming DetectorApi https://app-detector.herokuapp.com/

Endpoints

case local run replace https://detector-api.herokuapp.com with "http://yourlocalURL"

Smell	Endpoint	Post Parameter(repository)
Magic Resource	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/MagicResource	Project Git Url
Deep Nested Layout	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/DeepNestedLayout	Project Git Url
Missing Image	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/MissingImage	Project Git Url
Coupled UI Component	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/CoupledUIComponent	Project Git Url
Suspicious Behavior	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/SuspiciousBehavior	Project Git Url
Longor Repeated Layout	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/LongorRepeatedLayout	Project Git Url
Fool Adapter	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/FoolAdapter	Project Git Url
Excessive Use of Fragments	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/ExcessiveUseofFragments	Project Git Url
UI Component Doing IO	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/UIComponentDoingIO	Project Git Url
No Use of Fragments	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/NoUseofFragments	Project Git Url
God Style Resource	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/GodStyleResource	Project Git Url
God String Resource	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/GodStringResource	Project Git Url
Duplicate Style Attributes	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/DuplicateStyleAttributes	Project Git Url
Flex Adapter	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/FlexAdapter	Project Git Url
Inappropriate String Reuse	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/InappropriateStringReuse	Project Git Url
Hidden Listener	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/HiddenListener	Project Git Url
Brain UI Component	https://detector-api.herokuapp.com/BrainUIComponent	Project Git Url

Contributors

• Julio Cesar Verissimo dos Santos
• Rafael Serapilha Durelli
• Maurício Aniche
• Suelen Carvalho