Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption

Li Li; Jabier Martinez; Tewfik Ziadi; Tegawendé F. Bissyandé; Jacques Klein; Yves Le Traon

doi:10.1145/2934466.2946047

Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption

Li Li, Jabier Martinez, Tewfik Ziadi, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé, Jacques Klein, Yves Le Traon

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research

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Abstract

The myriads of smart phones around the globe gave rise to a vast proliferation of mobile applications. These applications target an increasing number of user profiles and tasks. In this context, Android is a leading technology for their development and on-line markets are the main means for their distribution. In this paper we motivate, from two perspectives, the mining of these markets with the objective to identify families of apps variants in the wild. The first perspective is related to research activities where building realistic case studies for evaluating extractive SPL adoption techniques are needed. The second is related to a largescale, world-wide and time-aware study of reuse practice in an industry which is now flourishing among all others within the software engineering community. This study is relevant to assess potential for SPLE practices adoption. We present initial implementations of the mining process and we discuss analyses of variant families.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016
Editors	Hong Mei, Christoph Elsner, Antonio Ruiz Cortés, Andrzej Wąsowski, Jun Wei, Li Zhang
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	271-275
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340502
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2934466.2946047
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Software Product Line Conference 2016 - Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China Duration: 19 Sep 2016 → 23 Sep 2016 Conference number: 20th http://splc2016.net/

Conference

Conference	International Software Product Line Conference 2016
Abbreviated title	SPLC 2016
Country	China
City	Beijing
Period	19/09/16 → 23/09/16
Internet address	http://splc2016.net/

Keywords

Android
AppVariants
Mining Software Repositories
Reverse Engineering
Software Product Line Engineering

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Li, L., Martinez, J., Ziadi, T., Bissyandé, T. F., Klein, J., & Traon, Y. L. (2016). Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption. In H. Mei, C. Elsner, A. Ruiz Cortés, A. Wąsowski, J. Wei, & L. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016 (pp. 271-275). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2934466.2946047

Li, Li ; Martinez, Jabier ; Ziadi, Tewfik ; Bissyandé, Tegawendé F. ; Klein, Jacques ; Traon, Yves Le. / Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption. Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016. editor / Hong Mei ; Christoph Elsner ; Antonio Ruiz Cortés ; Andrzej Wąsowski ; Jun Wei ; Li Zhang. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016. pp. 271-275

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Li, L, Martinez, J, Ziadi, T, Bissyandé, TF, Klein, J & Traon, YL 2016, Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption. in H Mei, C Elsner, A Ruiz Cortés, A Wąsowski, J Wei & L Zhang (eds), Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 271-275, International Software Product Line Conference 2016, Beijing, China, 19/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2934466.2946047

Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption. / Li, Li; Martinez, Jabier; Ziadi, Tewfik; Bissyandé, Tegawendé F.; Klein, Jacques; Traon, Yves Le.

Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016. ed. / Hong Mei; Christoph Elsner; Antonio Ruiz Cortés; Andrzej Wąsowski; Jun Wei; Li Zhang. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016. p. 271-275.

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Li L, Martinez J, Ziadi T, Bissyandé TF, Klein J, Traon YL. Mining families of Android applications for extractive SPL adoption. In Mei H, Elsner C, Ruiz Cortés A, Wąsowski A, Wei J, Zhang L, editors, Proceedings - 20th International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2016. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2016. p. 271-275 https://doi.org/10.1145/2934466.2946047