Recording metrics on the traffic sent & received by your device.
#Android network inspector for android
Building a firewall for Android that blocks outgoing app connections according to your custom rules.Inspecting & rewriting mobile traffic for testing & debugging (this is HTTP Toolkit's raison d'être).There are some interesting & constructive use cases this opens up though for developer tooling. In addition this doesn't give you any way to read the contents of encrypted traffic, by default (in the next post, we'll talk about how HTTP Toolkit can do that). When you actually do this Android provides clear warnings & permission prompts to the user during setup, and requires persistent UI notifications any time this is active. To be clear, this is not intended (or very effective) as a attack on the security of traffic from the device.
#Android network inspector code
Here I want to talk through how that works, look at the code that makes it happen, and show you how you can do the same thing for yourself. HTTP Toolkit does exactly this, by building an app on top of the Android VPN APIs that fully simulates a fake VPN connection entirely within the device. Tap the Pinpoint button if you want to view the host location via Google maps.Can you build an Android app that can inspect & rewrite the network traffic from every other app on the device? This information provides the remote IP address, DNS name corresponding to this IP address, country and region of the connection origin, IPS and organization for the remote hosts, and latitude and longitude of the remote hosts. This information can help you discover rogue applications connected to remote hosts outside your country.Ĭlick on a list item to query the Internet "WhoIs" database. It provides statistics for the network protocol used, the Local IP and Remote IP addresses, and port connection status. This option shows which apps are currently accessing the network. (If the device is currently plugged into a USB or AC outlet, the stats are reported for the previous period of time when the device was running on a battery.)
Real-time usage statistics, available when you tap the Current Usage button at the bottom of the panel. The Power Usage by App shows statistics over time. The percentage of battery power that each app uses, enabling you to determine which apps may be draining your battery. The real-time statistics for your battery (its percentage of charge remaining, temperature, etc.). This option shows the following information: Be aware that some applications listed in the Costs category are legitimate and need access to the phone capabilities, while others do not and may be costing you extra money (for example, if you have a card game that is requesting permission to SMS functionality). When the scan completes, Webroot SecureAnywhere lists applications based on their security vulnerability.