RESEARCH ON APPLICATIONS BEHAVIOR ON ANDROID

Abstract

In this thesis we are doing a research in two categories of applications on Android downloaded from Play Store. We will see for each application the permissions required, network packets sent and received, files written on internal storage and hardware resources used while running. Our research will have on focus abuses by these applications and make some analysis on how many of them are abusing or having a behavior that is not normal for applications functionalities. After analyzing results, we will make a comparison between applications and categories chosen, give our conclusions and our suggestions to improve system.