Automated deprecated-API usage update for Android apps: How far are we?

• Main Authors: THUNG, Ferdian, AGUS HARYONO, Stefanus, SERRANO, Lucas, MULLER, Gilles, LAWALL, Julia, LO, David, JIANG, Lingxiao
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Android; API usage; mobile apps; program transformation; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5502; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6505/viewcontent/saner20apiupdates.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As the Android API evolves, some API methods may be deprecated, to be eventually removed. App developers face the challenge of keeping their apps up-to-date, to ensure that the apps work in both older and newer Android versions. Currently, AppEvolve is the state-of-the-art approach to automate such...