# Static Android APK analysis

> Inspect Android package identity, classes, methods and references through REA's JADX integration.

- Type: Documentation
- Targets: App
- Category: Official REA: investigation guides
- Relationship: Official REA documentation
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-15
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/main/docs/android-analysis.md>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/docs/android-analysis.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-android-guide/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-android-guide/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rea-android-guide/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Full JDK 17 or newer and caller-supplied jadx-headless-mcp 0.7.1 with the documented digest check.
- Linux requires a procps-compatible ps for provider process ownership.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/808339f0b1cf3837445f392b5d5f1f362d64a27d/docs/android-analysis.md>

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