# Epic

> Continuation of Dexposed on ART: a runtime method-hooking framework that loads into an app and can hook both the app's own code and Android framework code running in its process. Stated uses include instrumentation and security audits.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Android tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/tiann/epic>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/tiann/epic/blob/c67d0d3e3769c19119465784a579c659dd88c4ce/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-android-hook/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-android-hook/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/epic-android-hook/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The README states support for ART thumb2 and arm64 on Android 5.0 to 11 and none for arm32, x86, x86_64 or MIPS, which rules out Android emulators on those architectures. Short methods and fully inlined methods cannot be hooked. The newest release is 0.11.2 from 2021-07-31.
- Apache-2.0 per LICENSE.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/tiann/epic/blob/c67d0d3e3769c19119465784a579c659dd88c4ce/README.md>

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