As discussed in the previous chapter, Android apps are broadly divided into three types based on how they are developed:
Web based apps: A mobile web app is software that uses technologies such as JavaScript or HTML5 to provide interaction, navigation, or customization capabilities. All the web related attacks are applicable for web based apps.
Native apps: Native mobile apps provide fast performance and a high degree of reliability. They also have access to a phone's various devices, such as its camera and address book. We have already covered the client side attacks in previous chapters and server side attacks are mostly attacks on web services, especially on RESTful APIs.
Hybrid apps: Hybrid apps are like native apps, run on the device, and are written with web technologies (HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript). Vulnerabilities which are present on both the Web based apps and Native apps can be found in Hybrid apps. So a combined approach helps...