Chapter 34: Skeptical
"Can I borrow your phone for a moment?" he asked.
Mrs. Eve nodded and handed him the phone. He then connected it to the computer using a USB charger cable with data transfer capability.
Once connected, he gained access to the phone’s storage and copied the file onto the PC.
Dela Cruz adjusted his glasses as he navigated through the folders of the APK file he had just extracted, his focus sharpening as he prepared to dive deeper into the code.
"Hmm... this APK doesn’t look like the usual Java or Kotlin build," he muttered while scrolling through the unpacked files, his curiosity growing even deeper.
He noticed familiar filenames like libpython3.so, main.pyc, and a folder labeled site-packages.
His eyes narrowed with interest, "It’s Python," he said, nodding slowly.
"The student who made this used Python to build the app, probably with Kivy or a similar framework to convert it into an APK."
Mrs. Eve leaned closer.
"Python? But isn’t Android usually built with Java or Kotlin?" she asked, unsure, as she had heard others mention it before.
Dela Cruz just gave a her small nod, "Yes, that is true. Most Android apps are made with Java or Kotlin, but Python can also be used with the right tools. Frameworks like Kivy or BeeWare allow Python code to be packaged as APK files. It’s not common, but clearly, this student knew what he was doing."