Alibaba Cloud Observability

Oct 27, 2025 · Mobile Development

How to Build a Zero‑Intrusion Android Data Collection SDK with Bytecode Instrumentation

This article explores the challenges of traditional Android APM integration and presents a comprehensive, non‑intrusive bytecode instrumentation approach—using Gradle plugins, AGP APIs, and ASM—to automatically collect user behavior, network, performance, crash, and WebView data without modifying application source code.