Mobile Apps

Technical examination of Android and iOS apps: versions, builds, devices, permissions, local data, backend synchronisation and background tasks.

Knowledge topic

Technical examination of Android and iOS apps: versions, builds, devices, permissions, local data, backend synchronisation and background tasks. This overview brings together the published technical articles and provides entry points into further technical questions.

Professional boundary: The articles address technical and methodological questions. Legal evaluation and legal advice remain separate.

Technical articles

6 published

Mobile Apps as a Technical Subject of Examination

How app identity, installed build, device, OS version, permissions, lifecycle, local data and backend state define a reproducible mobile-app examination.

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App Version, Build, Release and Store State

How visible versions, internal builds, uploaded store builds, published releases and the build actually installed on a device are reconstructed on one timeline.

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Device, OS Version, Permissions and Reproducibility

How exact device, OS, permission and lifecycle conditions are preserved and varied in controlled Android and iOS reproduction tests.

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Mobile App, Backend, API, Offline Sync and Data Flow

How UI state, local storage, API requests, offline operation, synchronisation and backend state are reconstructed without collapsing asynchronous states into one.

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Local App Data, Cache and Storage State

How files, preferences, secure storage, cache and other local data are examined for persistence, version context, provenance and causal relevance.

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Push Notifications and Background Tasks

How push submission, platform transport, device delivery, notification presentation and background scheduling are examined as separate technical stages.

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Author's technical literature and publications

The following works provide additional technical and methodological context. They do not replace required primary sources, standards, manufacturer documentation or other independent specialist sources. Unpublished manuscripts, drafts and teaching materials are deliberately not presented here as public sources.

Mathias Ellmann, IT expert

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