@ARTICLE{Abdellatif20-JASE-AndroidRESTPractices,
   AUTHOR       = {Manel Abdellatif and Rafik Tighilt and 
      Abdelkarim Belkhir and Naouel Moha and Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc and 
      �ric Beaudry},
   JOURNAL      = {Automated Software Engineering (JASE)},
   TITLE        = {A Multi-dimensional Study on the State of the Practice 
      of REST APIs Usage in Android Apps},
   YEAR         = {2020},
   MONTH        = {August},
   NOTE         = {42 pages.},
   OPTNUMBER    = {},
   PAGES        = {187--228},
   VOLUME       = {27},
   EDITOR       = {Robert J. Hall},
   KEYWORDS     = {Topic: <b>Evolution patterns</b>, Venue: <b>JASE</b>},
   PUBLISHER    = {Springer},
   URL          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/JASE20.doc.pdf},
   ABSTRACT     = {REST APIs are gaining a tremendous attraction in 
      industry and a growing usage in mobile platforms. They are well 
      suited for providing content to apps running on small devices, like 
      smartphones and tablets. Several research works studied REST APIs 
      development practices for mobile apps. However, little is known about 
      how Android apps use/consume these APIs in practice. Consequently, we 
      propose a multidimensional study on the state of the practice of REST 
      APIs usage in Android apps. We follow three directions: analysing of 
      Android apps, mining Stack Overflow posts on REST APIs usage in 
      Android apps, and surveying Android developers about their usage of 
      REST APIs in their mobile apps. We (1) build a catalog of Android 
      REST mobile clients practices, (2) propose an automatic approach to 
      detect these practices, (3) analyze 1,595 Android apps downloaded 
      from the Google Play store, (4) mine 12,478 Stack Overflow posts to 
      study REST APIs usage in Android apps, and (5) conduct an online 
      survey with 118 Android developers to understand their usage of these 
      practices. We report that only two good practices are widely 
      considered by Android developers when implementing their mobile apps. 
      These practices are network connectivity awareness and JSON vs. XML 
      response parsing. We also report Android developers' recommendations 
      for the use of third-party HTTP libraries and their role in 
      implementing the recommended practices.}
}

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