Developer provides an update on Xposed framework for Android 6.0 Marshmallow

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Published 26 Oct 2015

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Xposed Framework

With the final version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow released by Google, advanced users are now eagerly waiting for Xposed framework to be available for the OS. 

    Since Xposed framework modifies some very low-level system files and framework, porting it to work with a new version of Android takes a lot of effort and time. To make the wait for Xposed for Marshmallow less agonising for its users, developer rovo89 has provided an update about its status.

    Fixing this issue prevented me from gettings started with Marshmallow so far, but I’m on it. My Nexus 9 is running on stock AOSP 6. (tntechoracle.com) 0 already and the sources are synced to the build server (thanks to XDA for providing it). I assume that integrating the hooking mechanism should work relatively smoothless (although there were some bigger architectural changes). However, there are some new things, e.g. JIT and the optimizing compiler that need more attention to ensure that methods which could potentially be hooked are really called instead of being optimized away.

    The details provided by rovo89 are pretty technical, though in simpler words it means that the framework is still under development. If the update is anything to go by, the first beta of Xposed framework for Marshmallow should be available within a few weeks from now.

    [Via XDA]