{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4409356711","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3560026","title":"A Systematic Study on Real-World Android App Bundles","display_name":"A Systematic Study on Real-World Android App Bundles","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-04-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4409356711","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3560026"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2025.3560026","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3560026","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/72794.html>","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000449889","display_name":"Yutian Tang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5677-4564"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I7882870","display_name":"University of Glasgow","ror":"https://ror.org/00vtgdb53","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I7882870"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yutian Tang","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K","University of Glasgow, United Kingdom"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7882870"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Glasgow, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7882870"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100400376","display_name":"Xiapu Luo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9082-3208"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiapu Luo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China","Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031391841","display_name":"Yuming Zhou","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881766915","display_name":"Nanjing University","ror":"https://ror.org/01rxvg760","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuming Zhou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanjing University, Nanjing, China","Nanjing University, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanjing University, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanjing University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5000449889"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I7882870"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.08791641,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"51","issue":"5","first_page":"1615","last_page":"1628"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12799","display_name":"Mobile and Web Applications","score":0.9442999958992004,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12799","display_name":"Mobile and Web Applications","score":0.9442999958992004,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8250174522399902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/android","display_name":"Android (operating system)","score":0.642299473285675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3641819953918457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.361510694026947},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.34910181164741516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.32396194338798523}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8250174522399902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557433098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94","display_name":"Android (operating system)","level":2,"score":0.642299473285675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3641819953918457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.361510694026947},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.34910181164741516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.32396194338798523}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2025.3560026","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3560026","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:352931","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/72794.html>","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210235606","display_name":"ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)","issn_l":"2622-8912","issn":["2622-8912","2622-8920"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:352931","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/72794.html>","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210235606","display_name":"ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)","issn_l":"2622-8912","issn":["2622-8912","2622-8920"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"PeerReviewed"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3068378247","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"PolyU15224121","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321592","funder_display_name":"Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G413309691","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"PolyU15231223","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321592","funder_display_name":"Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5997361112","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62172205","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321592","display_name":"Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee","ror":"https://ror.org/00djwmt25"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":36,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W612300255","https://openalex.org/W1990535818","https://openalex.org/W2055703785","https://openalex.org/W2069959685","https://openalex.org/W2088479623","https://openalex.org/W2088749975","https://openalex.org/W2227887088","https://openalex.org/W2248270447","https://openalex.org/W2463553622","https://openalex.org/W2516285678","https://openalex.org/W2548028511","https://openalex.org/W2733829216","https://openalex.org/W2740742367","https://openalex.org/W2742069711","https://openalex.org/W2767814381","https://openalex.org/W2794859654","https://openalex.org/W2794864670","https://openalex.org/W2888445849","https://openalex.org/W2891688103","https://openalex.org/W2901078705","https://openalex.org/W2921896920","https://openalex.org/W2923522555","https://openalex.org/W2980750320","https://openalex.org/W2998501028","https://openalex.org/W3005142042","https://openalex.org/W3014403486","https://openalex.org/W3043078865","https://openalex.org/W3096074535","https://openalex.org/W3096210725","https://openalex.org/W3097730806","https://openalex.org/W3159521264","https://openalex.org/W3206951474","https://openalex.org/W4234590960","https://openalex.org/W4240601173","https://openalex.org/W4244726870","https://openalex.org/W4250242281"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2165251242","https://openalex.org/W2418291489","https://openalex.org/W1991580985","https://openalex.org/W3134738208","https://openalex.org/W3096519538","https://openalex.org/W2537703159","https://openalex.org/W2744747300","https://openalex.org/W589730254","https://openalex.org/W1565885216"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Android":[0],"app":[1,12,65,82,103,125,152,167],"developers":[2,29,69,101,164],"currently":[3],"mainly":[4],"attempt":[5],"to":[6,13,27,70],"merge":[7],"all":[8,54],"functions":[9],"into":[10],"one":[11],"fit":[14],"different":[15],"types":[16],"of":[17,120,130],"devices.":[18],"However,":[19],"this":[20,44,59,93,96],"\u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d":[21],"strategy":[22],"can":[23,84],"introduce":[24],"various":[25],"problems":[26],"both":[28],"and":[30,37,52,87,148],"end-users,":[31],"such":[32],"as":[33],"slower":[34],"download":[35],"speed,":[36],"a":[38,77],"larger":[39],"attack":[40],"surface.":[41],"To":[42,91],"resolve":[43],"issue,":[45],"Google":[46,114],"promotes":[47],"the":[48],"App":[49],"Bundle":[50],"framework":[51,60,67],"requires":[53],"new":[55,78],"apps":[56,73,112,121,132],"must":[57],"adopt":[58],"after":[61],"August":[62],"2021.":[63],"The":[64,127],"bundle":[66,83],"allows":[68],"organize":[71],"their":[72],"in":[74,95,105,109,151,165],"modules.":[75],"As":[76],"framework,":[79],"building":[80,145,166],"an":[81],"be":[85],"time-consuming":[86],"error-prone":[88],"for":[89,144],"developers.":[90],"fill":[92],"gap,":[94],"paper,":[97],"we":[98,116],"discuss":[99],"how":[100],"build":[102],"bundles":[104],"practice.":[106],"By":[107],"investing":[108],"over":[110],"200,000":[111],"from":[113],"Play,":[115],"find":[117,140],"that":[118],"30%":[119],"have":[122],"already":[123],"adopted":[124],"bundles.":[126,153,168],"adoption":[128],"ratio":[129],"large-size":[131],"is":[133],"even":[134],"higher":[135],"than":[136],"90%.":[137],"We":[138],"also":[139,156],"hands-on":[141],"programming":[142],"practices":[143],"feature":[146],"modules":[147],"dynamic":[149],"assets":[150],"This":[154],"study":[155],"finds":[157],"12":[158],"common":[159],"design":[160],"practices,":[161],"which":[162],"assist":[163]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-09T08:11:56.329763","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}