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App Manager

v4.1.1guideapp

A full-featured package manager and viewer for Android

★9,167 stars
•Development & Instrumentation•by MuntashirAkon•GPL-3.0-or-later•Updated Sep 4, 2026
Platforms:
✓ Shizuku✓ Magisk✓ KernelSU✓ APatch
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Overview

Modern Android operating systems treat applications largely as opaque black boxes. The stock Android Settings app exposes only high-level toggles (Storage, Permissions, Notifications), hiding deep operational details such as background broadcast receivers, analytics trackers, running services, and internal database files.

Power users, privacy advocates, reverse engineers, and developers require surgical control over their installed packages.

App Manager, developed by Muntashir Akon, is the definitive open-source package management, security audit, and privacy enforcement tool for Android. Combining the capabilities of a package inspector, firewall, backup manager, debloater, and logcat viewer into a single Material 3 interface, it grants total visibility and granular control over every process on your device.

Technical Architecture & Working Modes

App Manager dynamically configures its capabilities based on available execution backends:

  • Shizuku Mode (UID 2000 - Privileged Shell):
    • Install / uninstall APK packages without prompts
    • Inspect application manifests, certificates, and DEX code
    • Clear app data, cache, and configure AppOps permissions
  • Full Root Mode (UID 0 - Superuser):
    • Block internal app components (Activities, Services, Broadcast Receivers, Providers)
    • Inspect and modify private /data/data/<package> databases and SharedPreferences
    • Perform complete system-level app and encrypted data backups
  1. No-Root Mode: Basic inspection of installed packages, viewing permissions, extracting public APKs, and scanning Exodus tracker signatures.
  2. Shizuku / Wireless ADB Mode: Executes shell-level commands without a desktop computer. Enables freezing, user-0 uninstallation, AppOps configuration, and batch operations.
  3. Full Superuser Mode (Magisk / KernelSU / APatch): Grants direct kernel and file system access. Unlocks component disabling, direct database inspection, and encrypted backups.

Core Privacy & Security Features

1. Exodus Tracker Detection & Component Blocking

Most commercial apps bundle closed-source tracking SDKs that report device telemetry, location, and behavioral data.

  • Open App Manager -> Select any app.
  • The Trackers section highlights all embedded telemetry frameworks (e.g. Google AdMob, Facebook Analytics, Mixpanel).
  • In Root mode, tap Block Trackers: App Manager selectively disables the specific broadcast receivers and services associated with tracking classes, preventing them from waking up.

2. Deep Component Management

Applications are built of four fundamental components: Activities (UI screens), Broadcast Receivers (event listeners), Services (background tasks), and Content Providers (data sharing).

  • Tap the Components tab.
  • Toggle off any individual service (e.g., auto-update checks or boot-completed receivers) to customize app behavior without decompiling the APK.

3. AppOps & Hidden Permission Control

Android includes an internal permission manager called AppOps that controls behaviors not exposed in Settings:

  • Revoke background clipboard access (prevent apps from silently reading your copied passwords).
  • Revoke WAKE_LOCK or RUN_IN_BACKGROUND to silence battery hogs.
  • Toggle COARSE_LOCATION enforcement.

Encrypted Backup & Restore

Unlike cloud backups that only store app lists, App Manager performs complete snapshot backups:

  1. What is Backed Up: Base APK, split configurations, internal private databases (/data/data/), shared preferences XML, external app data, and device SSAID.
  2. Cryptographic Protection: Backups can be encrypted with AES-256 or OpenPGP before saving to storage or external SD cards.
  3. Restoration: Restoring an app restores its exact state, login tokens, and game progress without requiring SMS re-verification.

Verification & Component Recovery

If blocking a component causes an app to crash upon launch:

  1. Open App Manager -> Navigate to the application.
  2. Switch to the Components tab.
  3. Tap the overflow menu -> Select Reset all components (or toggle the specific disabled component back on).
  4. Force close and restart the application; normal functionality will be restored immediately.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does App Manager block analytics trackers inside closed-source apps?

App Manager integrates the Exodus Privacy database. It scans an installed APK's manifest and DEX classes for known telemetry signatures (Google Firebase Analytics, Facebook Graph, AppsFlyer, Adjust). In Root mode, App Manager invokes pm set-component-enabled-setting to disable the specific receiver or background service classes responsible for telemetry, stopping tracking at the OS level while keeping the app functional.

What is the difference between Root mode and Shizuku mode in App Manager?

Shizuku provides shell-level authority (UID 2000), allowing application installation, uninstallation for User 0, clearing caches, viewing manifests, and controlling basic permissions. Full Root mode (UID 0) unlocks low-level capabilities: blocking individual internal components (services, receivers), reading/modifying /data/data private application databases and shared preferences, and modifying Android SSAID identifiers.

Can App Manager create encrypted backups of application data?

Yes. In Root mode, App Manager packages the APK, split configs, internal app data (/data/data/), external storage data (/sdcard/Android/data/), permissions, and SSAID into a tarball encrypted with AES-256-GCM or OpenPGP (via OpenKeychain).