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Android Obfuscation & Protection

Protecting your Android application from reverse engineering and tampering starts with obfuscation. PreEmptive provides powerful tools to secure your app and keep your intellectual property and user data safe.
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Why Android Obfuscation Matters

Android apps are especially vulnerable to reverse engineering due to the ease with which bytecode can be decompiled. Without protection, attackers can:
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  • Extract sensitive logic or proprietary algorithms.
  • Remove license-checking mechanisms.
  • Circumvent security and authentication checks.
  • Gain access to API keys, tokens, or other confidential data in your code.
  • Inject malicious code into your app.
  • Debug or monitor your app to collect financial or personally identifiable information.
  • Clone your app, modify it with malware, and list it on the public app marketplace.

Code obfuscation for Android makes it significantly harder for attackers to read, modify, or exploit your application. 

PreEmptive’s Android Obfuscation Tools

DashO from PreEmptive provides a layered approach to binary code protection for developers who need a seamless defense during the build process. Features include:

  • Obfuscation and encryption: Protects your application’s code from static analysis tools such as decompilers and disassemblers.
  • Runtime application protection: Guards against dynamic analysis and real-time attacks including root detection and response, tampering, and more.

How DashO Protects Your Apps

You could take a chance with unsecured code, or you could rely on an industry-leading Android code obfuscation tool. For more than two decades, DashO has been the trusted choice for defending Android applications. Here are some of the ways that DashO protects your apps:

Trusted by Developers Worldwide

PreEmptive and our application security tools are trusted by over 300,000 developers representing over 5,000 companies in 100+ countries worldwide. Whether you’re securing an enterprise app or locking down intellectual property in a consumer-facing app, we deliver the protection you need.

Build Tamper-Proof Apps

Take your Android app obfuscation to the next level with PreEmptive. Request a free trial and start building more secure apps.