Format
Dalvik Executable Format
Summary
- Name
- Dalvik Executable Format
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/694
- Description
- Dalvik is the process virtual machine in Google's Android operating system, which executes applications written for Android. Programs are commonly written in Java and compiled to bytecode for the Java virtual machine, which is then translated to Dalvik bytecode and stored in .dex (Dalvik EXecutable) and .odex (Optimized Dalvik EXecutable) files.
- File extensions
-
dex - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
- Developed by
- Supported by
Internal signatures
Dalvik Executable Format
- Note
- BOF: dex.<version number>.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
6465780A{3}00- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V81
- Release date
- 18 February 2015
Dalvik Executable Format: New signature. Inspired by research conducted by Ange Albertini.
Dalvik Executable Format: Full entry added.