I am hooking into 2 different packages in my handleLoadPackage and I have a private static variable in the enclosing class. When handleLoadPackage gets called for the first package, I set the private static variable and log it and it looks fine. When handleLoadPackage gets called for the second package, I try to log the private static variable and it's not set. This is directly in handleLoadPackage and not inside any hooks. Is what I'm trying to do not possible because of the calling contexts? How do I share information between hooked functions between multiple packages?
The problem is that you basically have two different variables, not one — a different one for each package. When you update the variable in package A, the variable in package B is untouched.
You'll need to communicate between the two packages somehow, using e..g a BroadcastReceiver.
GermainZ said:
The problem is that you basically have two different variables, not one — a different one for each package. When you update the variable in package A, the variable in package B is untouched.
You'll need to communicate between the two packages somehow, using e..g a BroadcastReceiver.
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Thanks. After I posted this and thought about it for a while I came to this conclusion. Each package runs in it's own address space and the handleLoadPackage runs in it's context.
This might sound confusing
I want to hook a method, lets say method A
Method A is static
Method A is in Class Z
Class Z has a field, field F
Field F is public
I want to access F in my hook of A
Normally I would use
Code:
XposedHelpers.getObjectField( param.thisObject,
"f");
But param.thisObject is null because A is static
So I tried hooking another, non static method (say Method B) , in the same class (Z)
This way I can access F and it is not null (checked through if statement and log)
However, the same check tells me it IS null when I check it in my hook of A
I am assuming this is because they are different processes, but B is called before A, and I'm storing F as a global variable in my code
My code is like
Global variable F
Hook B, and get value of F and assign to global var F - success, i get F
Hook A and check if F is null - failed, F is null even though it isnt in B's hook
Hope that makes sense
In a static method, you don't have an instance of the enclosing class, so you can't access non-static data or methods. If you want to get instance data in a static method, you have to pass it in or declare that variable static. This is just how Java works, nothing to do with Xposed.
For hooks, I'm not sure how you could do what you are asking for. Hopefully someone else has done it and can explain how.
May be using xposed method emmm.. getSurrounding... or something like that..
Okay guys.
I have seen a lot of posts where people need to trigger an action inside their own app from the xposed class they hooked. Sometimes (quite often) there is no context object to obtain where we could usually send a broadcast or start a service or even maybe an activity from our own apps we wrote.
This guide will allow me to show you how this is possible without the use of a context object. I have used this myself in multiple modules and it works quite wonderfully. I am going to provide as much code as possible without being too specific, that is where you will need your own intuition to figure out some simple things.
Now for the guide
First, obviously, we need to create a new xposed module. That's another thread found here. For the duration of this guide, I am going to assume you have read that. If you have not, stop reading this, and click that link and go read that please Its fun!
Alright, our module has been created, all manifest declarations established all jars imported. Sweet.
Now we are looking at an empty class file that implements the IXPosedHookLoadPackage.
Next, we need to create a class that extends Service. You can either create a nested class inside the Xposed class, or, my personal choice, create an entirely new class inside your package. ***(Don't forget to add this service to your manifest!!!)
Next, we need to create a boot receiver that will start our newly created service when our device gets booted so its already up and running. (Google that if you don't know how to do that.) here is a great read on how to do this.
Now, go back to your service class (either nested or its own file) and create the "onCreate" method. (If not done already)
Inside the onCreate method of your service, we will need to create a file inside the apps files directory. You can do this in the constructor as well if you please. I have the code below showing how to create your new file.
Code:
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
File myCommands = new File(this.getFilesDir(), "commands");
}
Yes its that
Now that we have our file object created, we need to actually create the file as follows:
Code:
if(!myCommands.exists()) { //Make sure the file doesn't already exist first.
try {
myCommands.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
However, there are some things we need to do to allow the xposed hooked method permissions to read them, which are simple and as follows.
Code:
myCommands.setReadable(true, false);
myCommands.setWritable(true, false);
We need to use the method "setReadable" and "setWriteable" to set the files permission. The first boolean argument sets the file writeable or readable, the second boolean argument restricts it to the owner only, which since we used false, means that everyone can read and write to this file.
So, now lets take a look at our entire onCreate method thus far:
Code:
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
File myCommands = new File(this.getFilesDir(), "commands");
if(!myCommands.exists()) {
try {
myCommands.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
myCommands.setReadable(true, false);
myCommands.setWritable(true, false);
}
Pretty simple. Now, we need to actually do something with this file. This is where the magic begins to happen
After our file is created, we need to create what is called a FileObserver. The following code explains how to do that.
Code:
FileObserver myActionsObserver = new FileObserver(myCommands.getAbsolutePath()) {
@Override
public void onEvent(int event, String path) {
// This is where things are done. Every time you open, write to, close etc a file. This method is executed.
}
};
Now our file observer is created. However, it is doing nothing. As of now, it does not even listen for file changes. I want to further define what to do on a file change first before I start receiving the changes.
The "onEvent(int event, String path)" method is what we will be defining.
The "event" argument determines what type of event was acted upon the file. For a full explanation, click here. The "CONSTANTS" table shows the different types of events acted upon a file. For this guide, I will be using the constant "CLOSE_WRITE".
So inside the onEvent method we should have this:
Code:
@Override
public void onEvent(int event, String path) {
// This is where things are done. Every time you open, write to, close etc a file. This method is executed.
if(event == FileObserver.CLOSE_WRITE) {
//This is where we are notified that something has happened.
//This is where we can communicate from the xposed hooked method to our own app where we can do whatever we need to do :)
}
}
Now we are notified of the "CLOSE_WRITE" action onto our file. The next step would be to read the text file for our actual command. For instance, we need to start up an activity. So, for the instance of this guide, I will use the command "startActivity".
Once our "onEvent" method is executed and we see that its action was CLOSE_WRITE, we are going to read the file for the action. This is simple, I really don't feel like I should/have to go into this, but I will to make the guide full.
Here we are going to read the file, I am using a BufferedReader for this.
Code:
try {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myCommands));
String action = br.readLine();
br.close();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Now we got a string object of the contents of the file to determine the necessary actions to take. Don't forget to change the myCommands file to final
Now that we have all that setup, we can finally start receiving actions for the file. We simply do this by calling the "startWatching" method of FileObserver as follows.
Code:
myActionsObserver.startWatching();
Now, whenever that file is written to, we will get notified of it in our service
So now that our service is setup, we need to setup our xposed hooked method to write to the file.
I am going to make something up that prolly doesn't exist in android source, but its just an example method that I am going to hook
The only thing to note when creating the file is that we need to hard code the file's path.
Code:
@Override
protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) {
boolean status = (Boolean)XposedHelpers.getObjectField(param.thisObject, "status");
if(status) {
File myCommand = new File(Environment.getDataDirectory() + <your package name here>, "commands");
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(myCommands);
fw.write("startActivity");
fw.close();
}
Now we have written to our file and our service will receive the action.
That about sums it up You can also do the reverse, you can create a FileObserver inside your xposed hooked method, and use your own activity or service to write to it and then have the xposed hooked method do some actions regarding the command being written to the file.
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Thanks!
need help
Hi I`m using your code and it`s work I seccessed to comunicate between the module and the FileObserver.
But my problem is that I want to activate some class or send a intent to activate some function from the FileObserver and I don`t find a way to do it.
Do you have any solution for me??
Thanks
doronmazor said:
Hi I`m using your code and it`s work I seccessed to comunicate between the module and the FileObserver.
But my problem is that I want to activate some class or send a intent to activate some function from the FileObserver and I don`t find a way to do it.
Do you have any solution for me??
Thanks
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This method is beyond hackey. TBH, I'd be embarrassed to use it in my code.
If you want to communicate from Xposed to your main app, add a broadcast reciever and talk to it via intent and putextra. Provided you're not passing sensitive data, this works wonderfully.
digitalhigh said:
This method is beyond hackey. TBH, I'd be embarrassed to use it in my code.
If you want to communicate from Xposed to your main app, add a broadcast reciever and talk to it via intent and putextra. Provided you're not passing sensitive data, this works wonderfully.
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lol
Why would you be embarrassed? This works perfectly when we have no context object in the class/method being hooked. If coded properly, it functions the exact same way as a broadcast receiver. Where is your solution to communicating without a context object? Not exactly sure why you think this method doesn't work...
elesbb said:
lol
Why would you be embarrassed? This works perfectly when we have no context object in the class/method being hooked. If coded properly, it functions the exact same way as a broadcast receiver. Where is your solution to communicating without a context object? Not exactly sure why you think this method doesn't work...
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Look, not trying to be mean...it's just a very hacky solution. There are other ways to resolve the context of the class/method being hooked, and better ways to communicate between xposed and the apk code besides writing a file to the /data partition and then watching it. Sure, it works, but IMHO, it's...well...hacky.
digitalhigh said:
Look, not trying to be mean...it's just a very hacky solution. There are other ways to resolve the context of the class/method being hooked, and better ways to communicate between xposed and the apk code besides writing a file to the /data partition and then watching it. Sure, it works, but IMHO, it's...well...hacky.
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I am not taking you as being mean. Not one bit. Just trying to expand my knowledge and better my code. You said there are other ways to resolve the context of the class/method being hooked, what are they? You said there are better ways to communicate between xposed and the apk code other than writing and listening to a file, well what are they? lol. I am asking so I can use them.
I have done ample research when I wrote this guide, and there were no other ways to communicate when you couldn't get a context object. I do know you can call other methods and such using xposed to get objects, but that in itself is also hacky. I really would like to know what other ways there are so I can use them instead of the current method. A lot of "helper" class files have issues where there is no context because its not needed. Say you have a class file labeled "MathHelper" and you want to hook the method "getFirstZero" and in that method the user wrote something simple like this:
Code:
private int firstZero(String address) {
int returnValue = address.indexOf("0");
return returnValue;
}
THIS IS JUST A POOR EXAMPLE.
You have no context object. And the class is huge. You want your app to, i don't know, show a notification and perform some task when the address is equal to some explicit value. There is no way of telling your app what the address is.
So what would you personally do to resolve this aside from simply creating a method inside the xposed class with the proper actions. I'm honestly curious.
I need to implement a broadcast reciever that will fill variables for the methods my module will hook up.
But every thing that I tried out didnt work.
I tried to implement the reciever in the module class:
public class LogginExtra extends BroadcastReceiver implements IXposedHookLoadPackage {
But it says ClassNotFound.
Tried to make something with sharedPreferences, but the XSharedPreferences doesnt reads the prefs.
And I dont know how to solve this, if someone can help me I need to update 2 variables at the Module class (IXposedHookLoadPackage) from a broadcast reciever.
thanks in advanced.
caioketo said:
I need to implement a broadcast reciever that will fill variables for the methods my module will hook up.
But every thing that I tried out didnt work.
I tried to implement the reciever in the module class:
public class LogginExtra extends BroadcastReceiver implements IXposedHookLoadPackage {
But it says ClassNotFound.
Tried to make something with sharedPreferences, but the XSharedPreferences doesnt reads the prefs.
And I dont know how to solve this, if someone can help me I need to update 2 variables at the Module class (IXposedHookLoadPackage) from a broadcast reciever.
thanks in advanced.
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The key to the solution is to realize the core of the module (the Xposed hooks) is not an application in itself. Instead its code runs as part of another application or as part of an Android system component. This is why XSharedPreferences is called 'shared'.
It depends on what your module is doing and when/where/how the code of you module runs, which solution is best.
Note that using XSharedPreferences isn't the holy grail either, as this solution might stop working in Android "L", because of new SELinux rules (which could affect quite some modules).
M66B said:
The key to the solution is to realize the core of the module (the Xposed hooks) is not an application in itself. Instead its code runs as part of another application or as part of an Android system component. This is why XSharedPreferences is called 'shared'.
It depends on what your module is doing and when/where/how the code of you module runs, which solution is best.
Note that using XSharedPreferences isn't the holy grail either, as this solution might stop working in Android "L", because of new SELinux rules (which could affect quite some modules).
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Basically my module hook an Intent method, but I need a way to pass for the module the package name that it should look, and the package Ill get in a broadcast reciever, so, how can I pass a simple String variable for the module?? I understand what you said but still no clue to how to pass a variable from a reciever to the module itself.
caioketo said:
Basically my module hook an Intent method, but I need a way to pass for the module the package name that it should look, and the package Ill get in a broadcast reciever, so, how can I pass a simple String variable for the module?? I understand what you said but still no clue to how to pass a variable from a reciever to the module itself.
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You can hook Intents at different places, which makes a difference, since this could be either within an application or within an Android component. Hooking within an application makes this simpler, since you will probably be able to use the application context to communicate.
Basically you can use some form of shared storage to pass information (which is what XSharedPreferences does) or inter process calls. Example of IPCs are intents and services, both if which require a proper Context instance to work.
The bottom line is that you first need to understand from where to where you need to communicate.
I am aware that I am not very concrete about what to do. You could take a look at the implementation of XSharedPreferences, which isn't very difficult to understand, or how for example XPrivacy does this, which is more difficult to understand: https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy (basically the PrivacyManager class is used to fetch settings from a service implemented in PrivacyService class and running within Android).
But what you said about the XSharedPreferences, that it could possible stop working on L, makes me not wanting to use it, so here is my hook code:
findAndHookMethod("android.os.Bundle", loadPackageParam.classLoader, "getString", String.class, new XC_MethodHook() {
@override
protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) throws Throwable {
if (getExtra(loadParam.packageName)) {
String key = (String) param.args[0];
String value = (String) param.getResult();
getExtrasToSend().putString(key, value);
}
}
});
Basically it will grab every call to getExtras, of all packages, and when it get called it should check if the package that called, is the one I'm looking for (from the reciever part), I got 2 ideas, first one I'm testing right now, is I get a class wich holds a static field and method to the packageName variable, and I'm calling it with: (String)XposedHelpers.callMethod(Util.class, "getPackageName", null);
probably wont work, and I was thinking about hooking the method of my own reciever to get the variable in the module class, and use as static variable there.
Any of these should work? Is there a better way to make it??
caioketo said:
But what you said about the XSharedPreferences, that it could possible stop working on L, makes me not wanting to use it, so here is my hook code:
findAndHookMethod("android.os.Bundle", loadPackageParam.classLoader, "getString", String.class, new XC_MethodHook() {
@override
protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) throws Throwable {
if (getExtra(loadParam.packageName)) {
String key = (String) param.args[0];
String value = (String) param.getResult();
getExtrasToSend().putString(key, value);
}
}
});
Basically it will grab every call to getExtras, of all packages, and when it get called it should check if the package that called, is the one I'm looking for (from the reciever part), I got 2 ideas, first one I'm testing right now, is I get a class wich holds a static field and method to the packageName variable, and I'm calling it with: (String)XposedHelpers.callMethod(Util.class, "getPackageName", null);
probably wont work, and I was thinking about hooking the method of my own reciever to get the variable in the module class, and use as static variable there.
Any of these should work? Is there a better way to make it??
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Static variables probably won't work, since the settings holder and the settings user probably run in different process spaces. You need either some kind of shared storage or an IPC mechanism to communicate the settings.
Is it possible to use files for that? or database? Im really lost, never work with that yet, and seems that there isnt any explanations on google.
caioketo said:
Is it possible to use files for that? or database? Im really lost, never work with that yet, and seems that there isnt any explanations on google.
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Shared preferences does use an XML file, so yes. A database is possible too, but you need to make sure both the settings manager and the hook do have access to it, same as with using (XML) files. You'll need to take care of locking too, since multiple process will access the file or database.
M66B said:
Shared preferences does use an XML file, so yes. A database is possible too, but you need to make sure both the settings manager and the hook do have access to it, same as with using (XML) files. You'll need to take care of locking too, since multiple process will access the file or database.
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I have broadcast receivers in my settings activity and my xposed module so they can communicate with each other. You need to setup your receiver in the xposed side programatically:
Code:
Context context = (Context)XposedHelpers.getObjectField(param.thisObject, "mContext");
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
filter.addAction(XposedReceiver.RESET_ACTION);
filter.addAction(XposedReceiver.REFRESH_ACTION);
context.registerReceiver(mBroadcastReceiver, filter);
The problem is that I'm hooking the Intent class, and it dont have a context field for me to register the broadcast.
EDIT: I don't think Im being clear of what I need, I need to be able to set someway to send the package name to the module, I'll hook this methods:
findAndHookMethod("android.os.Bundle", loadPackageParam.classLoader, "getString", String.class, new XC_MethodHook() { @override
protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) throws Throwable {
if (loadParam.packageName.equals(PACKAGE_NAME_FROM_BROADCAST) {
String key = (String) param.args[0];
String value = (String) param.getResult();
getExtrasToSend().putString(key, value);
}
}
});
and I need to pass that PACKAGE_NAME_FROM_BROADCAST from a broadcast receiver, dont know the way to make it, tried static variables, xsharedpreferences, etc.
Cant get it working. and I dont know more what to try.
caioketo said:
The problem is that I'm hooking the Intent class, and it dont have a context field for me to register the broadcast.
EDIT: I don't think Im being clear of what I need, I need to be able to set someway to send the package name to the module, I'll hook this methods:
Code:
findAndHookMethod("android.os.Bundle", loadPackageParam.classLoader, "getString", String.class, new XC_MethodHook() {
@override
protected void afterHookedMethod(MethodHookParam param) throws Throwable {
if (getExtra(loadParam.packageName)) {
String key = (String) param.args[0];
String value = (String) param.getResult();
getExtrasToSend().putString(key, value);
}
}
});
and I need to pass that PACKAGE_NAME_FROM_BROADCAST from a broadcast receiver, dont know the way to make it, tried static variables, xsharedpreferences, etc.
Cant get it working. and I dont know more what to try.
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First of all it is not a good idea to hook into android.os.Bundle, since this will impact the system performance significantly.
Moreover android.os.Bundle is used very frequently in applications and various Android components, meaning your hook will run in a variety of process spaces. Getting a Context in this Xposed hook will therefore often not be possible. If you really want to go this way, a service directly registered with the service manager is your only option, but my advice is to find another, less intrusive, way to do what you want.
Ok, the problem is that, my module needs to grabs all calls to "getExtras" ("getStringExtra", "getBooleanExtra", etc) to know all extras that the application will expect, than I'll pass it to AutoShare app, so you can customize and start an intent with all possible extras.
Is there any other way to grab the extras without hooking the Bundle or Intent? About the perform, its doing nothing if its without the right package, so will it still slow the performance???
Thanks for the repply.
caioketo said:
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About the perform, its doing nothing if its without the right package, so will it still slow the performance???
Thanks for the repply.
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A hook never does nothing, since there will always be code executed. The hook you are trying to use will be executed really a lot, so there will be significant performance problem.
The 'bundle' is a general 'message', which is used for a lot of things. You should find a way not to hook into the 'bundle', but into a higher level function.
Hi,
im a beginner i have small problem i have small application build where i can add stuff to the database and read it thats working fine for me but now for example i want to be it like example the output from the database is test test but i want it like Name : test Adress : test how can i fix this.
Thank you
Splitting Text
Not sure if I've understood correctly, but are you getting a String back from the database like this: "test test"?
If so you can use the String split() command to break your String into segments. For example:
Code:
String returned = //Get String from the database
String[] split = returned.split(" ");
String name = "Name: " + split[0]; //This contains your first word
String address = "Address: " + split[1]; //This contains your second word
How are you connecting to your database? Depending on how you connect, it is possible to return just a name, or just an address, rather than all columns in a row.
For example, using HQL (Hibernate Query Language) you could write something like:
Code:
SELECT address FROM person p WHERE p.name = "Harry"
This would return all the addresses of people called Harry from the table person