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Testing and securing android studio applications

Testing and securing android studio applications

By : Cruz Zapata, Antonio Hernández Niñirola
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Testing and securing android studio applications

Testing and securing android studio applications

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By: Cruz Zapata, Antonio Hernández Niñirola
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Overview of this book

If you are a developer with some Android knowledge, but you do not know how to test your applications using Android Studio, this book will guide you. It is recommended that you are familiar with Android Studio IDE.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Introduction to Software Security
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1. Introduction to Software Security
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Software security terms
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Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks
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Secure code-design principles
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Testing the basics
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Summary
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2. Security in Android Applications
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2. Security in Android Applications
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The mobile environment
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An overview of Android security
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Permissions
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Interapplication communication
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Summary
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3. Monitoring Your Application
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3. Monitoring Your Application
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Debugging and DDMS
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Threads
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Method profiling
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Heap
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Allocation Tracker
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Network Statistics
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File Explorer
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Emulator Control
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System Information
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4. Mitigating Vulnerabilities
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4. Mitigating Vulnerabilities
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Input validation
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Permissions
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Handling a user's data and credentials
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Interapplication communication
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5. Preserving Data Privacy
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5. Preserving Data Privacy
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Data privacy
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Encryption
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Using encryption to store data
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6. Securing Communications
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6. Securing Communications
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HTTPS
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Code examples using HTTPS
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Summary
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7. Authentication Methods
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7. Authentication Methods
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Multifactor authentication
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Login implementations
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AccountManager
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8. Testing Your Application
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8. Testing Your Application
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Testing in Android
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Testing the UI
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The UI test project
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Running UI test cases
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9. Unit and Functional Tests
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9. Unit and Functional Tests
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Testing activities
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Creating an activity test
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10. Supporting Tools
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10. Supporting Tools
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Tools for unit testing
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Tools for functional testing
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Other tools
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11. Further Considerations
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11. Further Considerations
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What to test
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Developer options
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Getting help
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Index
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Index

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about which parts of our application are more important to evaluate and test. We reviewed the developer options available in Android and how to access them. We also learned how to get additional help using the official documentation and other sources.

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