Defend
Hardening the app
- 01
SSL pinning & Certificate Transparency
The app only trusts the certificates it expects, so intercepted traffic is refused.
- 02
ProGuard / R8 obfuscation
Shrinking and obfuscation rules that make a shipped APK hard to read.
- 03
Root, emulator & Frida detection
Spotting compromised devices and hooking tools at runtime.
- 04
Play Integrity
Verifying the device and the app binary are genuine before trusting a request.
- 05
Tamper & signature checks
Refusing to run when the APK has been modified or re-signed.
- 06
Secure storage
Tokens and sensitive data in the Android Keystore and encrypted preferences / DataStore.
- 07
API key & secret protection
Keeping keys out of plain sight in the APK (NDK, obfuscation).
