Repo brief: rovo89/Xposed

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 6y ago

• 8 active contributors

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What it is

Xposed is a native Android framework modification system that hooks into the Dalvik/ART runtime to intercept and modify method calls at the Java level without modifying source APKs. This repo contains the core native binary (modified app_process) written in C++ that replaces the standard Android app launcher and injects the Xposed hooks into every running process, enabling runtime behavior modification through loadable modules. Monolithic native binary with dual-path support: app_main.cpp and app_main2.cpp provide version-specific entry points, libxposed_art.cpp and libxposed_dalvik.cpp contain runtime-specific hook implementations, and xposed_offsets.h stores hardcoded memory offsets per…

Start here

Open these first:

• app_main.cpp — Primary entry point for the modified app_process binary that bootstraps the Xposed framework at application startup.
• libxposed_common.cpp — Core runtime logic shared across ART and Dalvik VMs; implements fundamental hooking and reflection mechanisms that all…
• xposed.h — Central header defining the public API surface, data structures, and constants used throughout the framework.
• libxposed_art.cpp — ART runtime-specific implementation that handles hooking on modern Android versions; critical for API 21+ support.
• libxposed_dalvik.cpp — Dalvik runtime-specific hooking implementation for legacy Android; maintains backward compatibility.

Get running

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Clone the repo and build via Android.mk within an AOSP source tree: git clone https://github.com/rovo89/Xposed && cd Xposed && mmm . -j4 (requires Android NDK/build environment). For standalone compilation, extract th…

Daily commands:

This is not a runtime daemon but a replacement binary. Integration requires: (1) Replace system /system/bin/app_process with the compiled binary, (2) Xposed modules loaded via zygote hooks at process startup, (3) Typica…

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Key cautions & unknowns

• Stale — last commit 6y ago
• Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 87% of recent commits
• Critical version-specific offsets in xposed_offsets.h must be manually maintained for each Android version—misaligned offsets cause silent method lookup failures or process crashes. The app_main.cpp/app_main2.cpp split…
• License evidence is incomplete or ambiguous.
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

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