Patch Me If You Can: AI Codemods for Secure-by-Default Android Apps
Mar 13, 2026Pascal Hartig
Summary
This post introduces the use of generative AI to automate the migration of existing Android code to secure-by-default frameworks. It describes a two-pronged strategy: developing secure frameworks that wrap unsafe OS APIs and leveraging AI to apply these securely across millions of lines of code with minimal developer friction. The system proposes, validates, and submits security patches.
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