Kingdom: Code Quality
Poor code quality leads to unpredictable behavior. From a user's perspective that often manifests itself as poor usability. For an attacker it provides an opportunity to stress the system in unexpected ways.
Android Bad Practices: Use of Internal APIs
Abstract
The application invokes internal or hidden APIs.
Explanation
It is not recommended that developers build their apps using undocumented, or hidden, APIs. There are no guarantees that Google will not remove or change those APIs in the future and therefore they should be avoided therefore using such methods or fields has a high risk of breaking your app.
References
[1] Google Restrictions on non-SDK interfaces
[2] Standards Mapping - CIS Azure Kubernetes Service Benchmark 1
[3] Standards Mapping - CIS Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Benchmark 5
[4] Standards Mapping - CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark 2
[5] Standards Mapping - CIS Google Kubernetes Engine Benchmark normal
[6] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard 2.0 MASVS-CODE-4
desc.structural.cpp.android_bad_practices_use_of_internal_apis
Abstract
The application invokes internal or hidden APIs.
Explanation
It is not recommended that developers build their apps using undocumented, or hidden, APIs. There are no guarantees that Google will not remove or change those APIs in the future and therefore they should be avoided therefore using such methods or fields has a high risk of breaking your app.
References
[1] Google Restrictions on non-SDK interfaces
[2] Standards Mapping - CIS Azure Kubernetes Service Benchmark 1
[3] Standards Mapping - CIS Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Benchmark 5
[4] Standards Mapping - CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark 2
[5] Standards Mapping - CIS Google Kubernetes Engine Benchmark normal
[6] Standards Mapping - OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard 2.0 MASVS-CODE-4
desc.structural.java.android_bad_practices_use_of_internal_apis