Overview of Code Smell Detection Tools for Android and iOS Applications

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to give an up-to-date overview of code smell detection tools for Android and iOS applications. There are numerous tools available for developers that help detect code smells and refactor code. Most tools detect only some types of code smells and sometimes use different rules and methodologies for detection and analysis. In this thesis, the code smells found by different code smell detection tools are determined and an overview of those tools for Android and iOS applications is given. Tools are then tested on numerous different Android applications.