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ICSE 2020
Wed 24 June - Thu 16 July 2020
Sat 11 Jul 2020 15:40 - 15:48 at Baekje - A25-Android Testing Chair(s): Ting Su

The Android OS market is experiencing a growing share globally. It is becoming the mobile platform of choice for an increasing number of users. People rely on Android mobile devices for surfing the web, purchasing products, or to be part of a social network. The large amount of personal information that is exchanged makes privacy an important concern. As a result, the trustability of mobile apps is a fundamental aspect to be considered, particularly with regard to meeting the expectations of end users. The rigidities of the Android permission model confine end users into a secondary role, offering the only option of choosing between either privacy or functionalities. In this paper, we aim at improving the trustability of Android apps by proposing a user-centric approach to the flexible management of Android permissions.The proposed approach empowers end users to selectively grant permission by specifying (i) the desired level of permissions granularity and (ii) the specific features of the app in which the chosen permission levels are granted. Four experiments have been designed, conducted, and reported for evaluating it. The experiments consider performance, usability, and acceptance from both the end user’s and developer’s perspective. Results confirm confidence on the approach.

Sat 11 Jul

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15:00 - 16:00
A25-Android TestingTechnical Papers / Journal First at Baekje
Chair(s): Ting Su
15:00
8m
Talk
On the Energy Footprint of Mobile Testing FrameworksJ1
Journal First
Luís Cruz Deflt University of Technology, Rui Abreu Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisboa & INESC-ID
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
15:08
12m
Talk
ComboDroid: Generating High-Quality Test Inputs for Android Apps via Use Case CombinationsTechnicalArtifact Available
Technical Papers
Jue Wang Nanjing University, Yanyan Jiang Nanjing University, Chang Xu Nanjing University, Chun Cao Nanjing University, Xiaoxing Ma Nanjing University, Jian Lu Nanjing University
15:20
12m
Talk
Translating Video Recordings of Mobile App Usages into Replayable ScenariosACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper AwardsTechnical
Technical Papers
Carlos Bernal-Cárdenas William and Mary, Nathan Cooper College of William & Mary, Kevin Moran William & Mary/George Mason University, Oscar Chaparro College of William & Mary, Andrian Marcus University of Texas at Dallas, Denys Poshyvanyk William and Mary
Pre-print Media Attached
15:32
8m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Quality of AndroidApplications written in Kotlin languageJ1
Journal First
Bruno Gois Mateus Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Matias Martinez Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France
15:40
8m
Talk
Enhancing Trustability of Android Applications via User-Centric Flexible PermissionsJ1
Journal First
Gian Luca Scoccia University of L'Aquila, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Amleto Di Salle University of L'Aquila, Paola Inverardi University of L'Aquila
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
15:48
8m
Talk
A Longitudinal Study of Popular Ad Libraries in the Google Play StoreJ1
Journal First
Md Ahasanuzzaman Queen's University, Safwat Hassan Queens University, Kingston, Canada, Cor-Paul Bezemer University of Alberta, Canada, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen's University