About Detective Droid
Have you ever wondered, "how is this app made?", wonder no more! Detective Droid is here to help you detect which libraries are used inside applications that are installed on your device. This makes it really easy to see...
Have you ever wondered, "how is this app made?", wonder no more!
Detective Droid is here to help you detect which libraries are used inside applications that are installed on your device.
This makes it really easy to see what companies and developers are using to develop their applications.
Detective Droid requires no permissions and works on Android API 21 (Android 5.0 Lollipop) and newer.
- Andriod 11: Changes in Android 11 require a permission in order to get the list of apps installed on the user's device. You can read more about this change: https://developer.android.com/preview/privacy/package-visibility
Detective Droid is available on Github:
https://github.com/michaelcarrano/detective-droid
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Detective Droid since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-24 06:57:19.
The latest version is 2025-10-13 and it was updated on 2026-06-11 00:28:13. See below the changes in each version.
Detective Droid version 2025-10-13
Updated At: 2025-10-13
Changes: General improvements such as detecting additional libraries.
Detective Droid version 2.1.0
Updated At: 2020-01-30
Changes: Adding search functionality to make it easier to find the app you are interested in.
Previous update:
Everything has been re-developed from the ground up... And still does not need any permissions!
- No longer scans all the apps up front, jump straight to the list of apps installed on your device.
- Scan for known libraries once you click on an app you are interested in learning about. Really fast!
- Support for dark mode!
- New app icon.
Detective Droid version 2.0.0
Updated At: 2020-01-20
Changes: Been a while!
This is a major update for the app, where everything has been re-developed from the ground up... And still does not need any permissions!
- No longer scans all the apps up front, jump straight to the list of apps installed on your device.
- Scan for known libraries once you click on an app you are interested in learning about. Really fast!
- Support for dark mode!
- New app icon.
Go do some detective work!
https://github.com/michaelcarrano/detective-droid
Detective Droid version 1.3.1.1
Updated At: 2014-09-23
Changes: - Now you can click on a library/SDK to view information about it.
- New application icon!
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