# Detective Droid

> Detective Droid will investigate what libraries are used in apps on your device.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** michaelcarrano
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 9,219
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (90 ratings)
- **Version:** 2025-10-13
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-13
- **First published:** 2014-09-01
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 3.40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid)
- **Website:** [https://michaelcarrano.com](https://michaelcarrano.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://michaelcarrano.com/detective-droid-privacy-policy](https://michaelcarrano.com/detective-droid-privacy-policy)

## Description

"Detective Droid" is an Android app that reveals the libraries used in other applications on your device, giving you insight into their development. It requires no permissions and is compatible with Android API 21 and newer. Note that Android 11 and later versions require specific permissions to access the list of installed apps. You can check out the project's source code on GitHub.

## Rankings

- #582,728 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.michaelcarrano.detectivedroid)