Detecting Hard-Coded Strings In Source Code

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• generate a first list of strings that are embedded in source code of an application;
• generate a second list of strings that are rendered via a user interface of the application;
• compare each string of the first list of strings against the strings of the second list of strings;
• and
• generate, based on the comparison, a filtered list of strings by removing, from the first list of strings, at least one string that does not have a match in the second list of strings, wherein the filtered list of strings comprises strings that are hard-coded into the source code of the application and are rendered via the user interface of the application.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• generate a first list of strings that are embedded in source code of an application;
• generate a second list of strings that are rendered via a user interface of the application;
• compare each string of the first list of strings against the second list of strings;
• and
• generate, based on the comparison, a filtered list of strings by removing, from the first list of strings, at least one string that does not have a match in the second list of strings, wherein the filtered list of strings comprises strings that are hard-coded into the source code of the application and are rendered via the user interface of the application.