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Jan 25, 2023 · Mobile Development

Android Plugin Architecture: Class Loading, Resource Injection, Component Communication, and Popular Frameworks

This article explains how Android installs APKs, introduces the concepts of plugins and pluginization, details class‑loader and resource‑injection mechanisms, describes four‑component communication strategies, compares several hooking techniques, and reviews major open‑source plugin frameworks such as Atlas, RePlugin, VirtualApp and Shadow.