alt Hacker NewsDoes anyone know what's the state of the art way for cutting crap out of android apps? In the same way adblock cuts crap out of web pages?
I assume one would need a Java disassembler at least. On desktop, something like recaf works and allows changing things in classes without the full recompilation.
Is there something like this for android?
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hiccuphippo • 06/16/2025
DNS blocking with tools like DNSNet get you halfway there without tampering with the apps. It installs itself like a VPN and filters dns requests to ad domains using lists from the same sources as the adblockers.
I say halfway because some apps have a fallback, built-in, ad when it can't reach the server, other serve the ads from their own servers so no way to block them. Most only leave a blank space.
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https://revanced.app/ for applying premade patches to APKs