<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:SimSun;
        panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
        {font-family:SimSun;
        panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Tahoma;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"\@SimSun";
        panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0cm;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:SimSun;
        mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
p
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
        margin-right:0cm;
        mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
        margin-left:0cm;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:SimSun;
        mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;}
span.apple-tab-span
        {mso-style-name:apple-tab-span;}
span.E-MailFormatvorlage19
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
        margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 2.0cm 70.85pt;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Conly Xia,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What exactly do you mean by &#8222;has no changes&#8220;? Did you decompile the APK file written by Soot to check? Or did you read it back in using Soot?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In general, your added code is an unused assignment and may thus get removed by optimizers as it does not change the behavior of the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>&nbsp; Steven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA [mailto:soot-list-bounces@CS.McGill.CA] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>conlyxia<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 30. Novemb</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>er 2015 15:06<br><b>An:</b> soot-list@CS.McGill.CA<br><b>Betreff:</b> [Soot-list] soot modify jimple to instrument android app<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have used soot to instrument android app,but countered one problem,the instrumented app has no changes:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The following is my code:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&lt;/<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>try{<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;sr.app.calculateSourcesSinksEntrypoints(&quot;/home/xcl/soot-jar/SourcesAndSinks.txt&quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>}catch(XmlPullParserException e){<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>System.out.println(&quot;void main XmlPullParserException: &quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>e.printStackTrace();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>}catch(IOException e){<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>System.out.println(&quot;void main IOException: &quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>e.printStackTrace();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>}<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;soot.G.reset();<span class=apple-tab-span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;//prefer Android APK files// -src-prec apk<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_src_prec(Options.src_prec_apk);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_process_dir(Collections.singletonList(sr.apkPath));<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_android_jars(&quot;/home/xcl/soot-jar/android-platform&quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;//output as APK, too//-f dex&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_allow_phantom_refs(true);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_output_dir(&quot;/home/xcl/ic3/apk/sootOutput&quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Options.v().set_output_format(Options.output_format_dex);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Scene.v().loadNecessaryClasses();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;PackManager.v().runPacks();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;SootClass clazz=Scene.v().getSootClass(&quot;com.example.helloworld.Handle&quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;SootMethod method=clazz.getMethod(&quot;void onCreate(android.os.Bundle)&quot;);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Body b=method.getActiveBody();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;PatchingChain&lt;Unit&gt; units=b.getUnits();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Local tmpRef = Jimple.v().newLocal(&quot;tmpRef&quot;, RefType.v(&quot;java.io.PrintStream&quot;));<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;b.getLocals().add(tmpRef);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Stmt stmt=Jimple.v().newAssignStmt(<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class=apple-tab-span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>tmpRef, Jimple.v().newStaticFieldRef(&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Scene.v().getField(&quot;&lt;java.lang.System: java.io.PrintStream out&gt;&quot;).makeRef()));<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;units.insertBefore(stmt, units.getFirst()); &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;//add one Stmt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;System.out.println(b);<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;PackManager.v().writeOutput();<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>/&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So,could you tell me what's wrong with my code? Looking forward to your reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ConlyXia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>