# Security Issues of Cross Platform Tools

DevFeed: [Security Issues of Cross Platform Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/security-issues-of-cross-platform-tools-19508.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/security-issues-cross-platform-tools/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Reverse Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reverse-engineering.md>), [obfuscation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/obfuscation.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [obfuscation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/obfuscation.md>), [reverse-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reverse-engineering.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines security risks in cross-platform development tools. It explains that security varies by tool and support for features such as certificate pinning and encrypted storage, while readable or weakly obfuscated application code can enable repackaging and theft. It compares the reverse-engineering exposure of native GUI, web-based, and lightweight tools, and discusses obfuscation as a defensive measure.

## Source excerpt

A couple of weeks ago I answered a question on Quora about the security of cross platform tools. I try to rise above my confirmation bias when discussing these things. I won't discuss Codename One in this context or any other specific tool. Only general ideas. Security depends a lot on the tools involved and their level of support for security features such as certificate pinning, storage/db encryption etc. Some tools also store the code of the app as plain text or obfuscated scripting code which is still fully readable, this can have a serious impact on security.