Apps In-memory DEX loading function removed in Android 4.4

[jrong1104]

Noticed in Android 4.4, Google removed one of internal functions in class, DexFile:

native private static int openDexFile(byte[] fileContents);

which is capable of performing loading dex from byte-array without going through reading the dex file on disk, which has proven to be very useful

Anybody knows why this happens or if there is any other alternatives. Hopefully Google will put it back in the future release.

Thanks.

 

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