Mobile App Rewrites via Dual Boot

[2608.15135] Mobile App Rewrites via Dual Boot Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search Computer Science > Software Engineering arXiv:2608.15135 (cs) [Submitted on 15 Aug 2026] Title: Mobile App Rewrites via Dual Boot Authors: Gaurav Nijhara , Jasmit Kaur Saluja , Pritesh Shah , Dustin Shahidehpour , Hari Panjwani View a PDF of the paper titled Mobile App Rewrites via Dual Boot, by Gaurav Nijhara and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: We term the mechanism dual boot: the ability to host two mobile application variants within a single binary with a boot-time variant selection. This mechanism, combined with build-generated symbol resolution maps and linker retain lists, also enables two additional capabilities not inherent to the mechanism alone: (1) in-binary A/B experimentation between full application variants, and (2) graceful deprecation of the legacy variant without user disruption: preserving app store listing, branding, and install base. We frame the complete lifecycle as the first application of the Strangler Fig pattern to native mobile platforms. We validate the architecture across three evaluation scenarios, with improvements in developer productivity, experimentation capability and flexibility. The system contributed to a complete iOS application rewrite, from initial embedding through multi-segment experimentation to full deprecation of the legacy variant, without losing users throughout the 10-month evaluation. Subjects: Software Engineering (cs.SE) Cite as: arXiv:2608.15135 [cs.SE] (or arXiv:2608.15135v1 [cs.SE] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.15135 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Gaurav Nijhara [ view email ] [v1] Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:15:17 UTC (1,184 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Mobile App Rewrites via Dual Boot, by Gaurav Nijhara and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.SE < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from

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