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Can frida be used in python to wait for Android app spawn ?
In frida-trace there is a -W option that can be used to await spawn, i.e. one can specify API filter with -j flag for a Android APK and use -W to have frida wait for the app to be started.
In python, I see the following APIs: https://github.com/frida/frida-python/blob/ebd797e4bc248b8d895d68ebf244a34744cb3ea9/frida/core.py#L821
- device.spawn(package name) and device.resume(pid) --> spawn process to attachable state, resume process from attachable state
- device.attach(pid) --> attach to a process to give session
https://github.com/frida/frida-python/blob/ebd797e4bc248b8d895d68ebf244a34744cb3ea9/frida/core.py#L571
- session.create_script() --> create a new script
So based on the above, it appears the app has to be started before JS scripts can be added to monitor APIs.
My questions are as follows:
- How is attachable state defined ? Does it mean process has started executing ?
- Is there a way in python to match behavior of the -W flag, i.e. mention which scripts need to be loaded before app process is started, and then start the app process ?
- Does spawn / resume by default starts the main activity of the specified app ?