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December 22

Android web traffic

What is the best way to inspect the web traffic coming from an Android App to see what websites it is really contacting? Dragons flight (talk) 16:44, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A packet sniffer. A cursory search shows there are numerous packet sniffers available for Android, though I have no experience using these so I can't vouch for any particular one. If the Android system is connected to a router you control, you may be able to run a sniffer on that; Wireshark is popular. Note that a "router" could include a standard PC that you connect the Android system to via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB networking, or Ethernet, as long as the PC has its own network connection that you can share with the Android device. Another option is to run the app in an Android emulator and capture the network traffic from the emulator. --47.157.122.192 (talk) 20:11, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An emulator is the way to go here: you'll have more control over how the app runs, as well as some debugging features that can tell you additional things about what it's doing. here is a list. https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-emulators-for-pc-655308/. OldTimeNESter (talk) 14:46, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]