Mobile applications must continuously evolve, sometimes under such time pressure that
poor design or implementation choices are made, which inevitably result in structural …

Android applications must evolve quickly to meet new user requirements, to facilitate bug
fixing or to adapt to technological changes. This evolution can lead to various software …

Throughout the lifetime of a software system, developers continuously refactor the source
code as a means of improving the quality of the code. Android apps, like traditional software …

Nowadays there is an increased pressure on mobile app developers to take non-functional
properties into account. An app that is too slow or uses much bandwidth will decrease user …

Context: Mobile applications have to continuously evolve in order to meet new user
requirements and technological changes. Addressing these constraints may lead to poor …

Context. Android is the largest mobile platform today, with thousands of apps published and
updated in the Google Play store everyday. Maintenance is an important factor in Android …

Improving the energy efficiency of mobile applications is a timely goal, as it can contribute to
increase a device's usage time, which most often is powered by batteries. Recent studies …

Android has recently become one of the best platforms for mobile app development. The
constant evolution of this mobile operating system results in frequent updates to its APIs …

Android developers are known to frequently update their apps for fixing bugs and
addressing vulnerabilities, but more commonly for introducing new features. This process …

Android code smells are bad implementation practices within Android applications (or apps)
that may lead to poor software quality, in particular in terms of performance. Yet …