Smali
Smali is an assembler for the Dalvik bytecode used by the Android runtime (Dalvik and ART). It provides a human-readable representation of DEX instructions, enabling the construction and modification of Android applications at the bytecode level. The corresponding disassembler Baksmali performs the inverse operation, translating DEX back into Smali.
Smali is widely used in reverse engineering, security analysis, and app modification workflows. A common workflow
Smali syntax resembles assembly language and focuses on the low-level structure of Android classes and methods.
History and ecosystem: Smali originated within the Android reverse-engineering community and is maintained as an open-source