[Soot-list] Issues with Android Instrumentation Tutorial

[Steven Arzt]

-pp only works if you explicitly specify a classpath. It is not compatible with the default classpath.

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Von: kuza55 [mailto:kuza55 at gmail.com] 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Mai 2016 22:33
An: Steven Arzt
Cc: soot-list at cs.mcgill.ca
Betreff: Re: [Soot-list] Issues with Android Instrumentation Tutorial

Does the -pp behaviour look correct to you as well? I couldn't manage to use it to prepend a jar or directory without modifying the classpath.

On 17 May 2016 at 16:20, Steven Arzt <Steven.Arzt at cased.de> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> This behavior is debatable, but it's not a bug. The -android-jars 
> parameter is used to set the default classpath, i.e., the classpath 
> that is used if you do not explicitly specify one. We should maybe 
> clarify this in the documentation.
>
> Best regards,
>   Steven
>
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> Im Auftrag von kuza55
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Mai 2016 22:02
> An: soot-list at CS.McGill.CA
> Betreff: Re: [Soot-list] Issues with Android Instrumentation Tutorial
>
> Well, I worked this out in the end.
>
> When using -cp, it seems to override the -android-jars parameter, so I 
> need to provide the specific android jar on the class path.
> This seems like a bug.
>
> When I use setSootClassPath, it seems to also remove the apk from the 
> classpath.
>
> It would be nice if there was an API that added to the classpath 
> without messing with the other options.
>
> In the end I set -cp
> "C:\\Users\\Alex\\Development\\analyzer\\lib\\android-platforms\\andro
> id-17\
> \android.jar;C:\\Program
> Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_91\\jre\\lib\\rt.jar" and it didn't complain.
>
> On 17 May 2016 at 09:40, kuza55 <kuza55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to get the android instrumentation tutorial working:
>> https://github.com/Sable/soot/wiki/Instrumenting-Android-Apps-with-So
>> o
>> t
>>
>> I'm using nightly builds I download yesterday.
>>
>> The first thing that happens when I try to run that example is that I 
>> get an error about loading java.lang.Object, so I've followed the 
>> advice to try and added rt.jar to the soot class path, which seems to 
>> resolve that error, however I have not been able to fix the 
>> subsequent errors, and I'm not sure if those errors are related to 
>> how I resolved the java.lang.Object loading error.
>>
>> If I add this to the AndroidInstrument.java file:
>>
>> Scene.v().setSootClassPath("C:\\Program
>> Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_31\\jre\\lib\\");
>>
>> Then I get errors loading class files on every apk I try and I'm 
>> pretty confident they're in there since apktool finds them:
>>
>> soot.SootResolver$SootClassNotFoundException: couldn't find class:
>> com.cps.service.Tools.ExecuteAsRoot (is your soot-class-path set
>> properly?)
>> at soot.SootResolver.bringToHierarchy(SootResolver.java:228)
>> at soot.SootResolver.bringToSignatures(SootResolver.java:266)
>> at soot.SootResolver.processResolveWorklist(SootResolver.java:170)
>> at soot.SootResolver.resolveClass(SootResolver.java:131)
>> at soot.Scene.loadClass(Scene.java:725)
>> at soot.Scene.loadClassAndSupport(Scene.java:710)
>> at soot.Scene.loadNecessaryClasses(Scene.java:1448)
>> at soot.Main.run(Main.java:243)
>> at soot.Main.main(Main.java:147)
>> at 
>> com.blah.analyzer.AndroidInstrument.main(AndroidInstrument.java:98)
>> at
>> com.blah.analyzer.AndroidInstrument.instrument(AndroidInstrument.java:
>> 35) at com.blah.analyzer.App.main(App.java:32)
>>
>> If I try to set a -cp parameter, I get
>>
>> soot.SootResolver$SootClassNotFoundException: couldn't find class:
>> android.app.Activity (is your soot-class-path set properly?)
>>
>> If I try to use -pp I get an odd error that seems to indicate the 
>> docs are wrong about what -pp does:
>>
>> soot.SootResolver$SootClassNotFoundException: couldn't find class:
>> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\jre\lib\ (is your soot-class-path 
>> set properly?)
>>
>> I'd appreciate any assistance in figuring out what I need to do to 
>> get that example working.
>>
>>  - Alex
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