bytedance/android-inline-hook

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Shadowhook is an Android inline hook library written in C, supporting armeabi-v7a (thumb/arm32) and arm64-v8a architectures on Android 4.1 through 17. It provides stable, production-ready hooking and interception of native functions, with features like automatic handling of newly loaded ELFs, recursive call prevention, and unwind compatibility.

Use cases

• hook native functions in Android apps
• intercept native library calls at runtime
• instrument native code for debugging or monitoring
• hook functions by address or by library name plus symbol name
• bypass linker namespace restrictions to resolve symbols
• monitor .init and .fini execution of newly loaded ELFs

When to choose

• you need stable inline hooking of native ARM/ARM64 code in production Android apps
• you need broad Android version compatibility from 4.1 onward
• you want automatic hooking of functions in newly loaded ELFs
• you need to intercept native calls without modifying source code

When to avoid

• you need PLT/GOT hooking instead of inline hooking (use ByteHook)
• you target non-ARM architectures such as x86
• you need hooking on platforms other than Android
• your project requires a license other than MIT

Facets

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security developer-tools android-tools security developer-tools cpp c inline-hook shadowhook arm arm64 thumb ndk jni native-code hooking reverse-engineering android

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