Monitor network activity in Android Phones

Question

I would like to monitor network traffic of my Android Phone. I was thinking using tcpdump for Android, but I\'m not sure if I have to cross-compile for the phone.

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Answer 1

For Android Phones(Without Root):- you can use this application tPacketCapture this will capture the network trafic for your device when you enable the capture. See this url for more details about network sniffing without rooting your device.

Once you have the file which is in .pcap format you can use this file and analyze the traffic using any traffic analyzer like Wireshark.

Also see this post for further ideas on Capturing mobile phone traffic on wireshark