Yes, with caveats. Shizuku itself is open-source and widely trusted. However, manually running scripts from app directories bypasses some safety checks. Only do this if:
Security researchers use this to analyze how Zygote spawns processes or to detect hidden background tasks.
Tasker can execute this command to log CPU spikes when a specific app launches. Yes, with caveats
Cause: Some custom ROMs remove top.
Fix: Install BusyBox or use adb shell ps -A instead.
The final word is an argument passed to the start.sh script. In this context, top is a standard Linux command that displays real-time system processes and CPU usage. Tasker can execute this command to log CPU
By passing top as an argument to start.sh, the script might first set up the required environment variables (CLASSPATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH) and then execute top within that context. This ensures that any native libraries required by Shizuku or its debugging tools are loaded before the command runs.
top – This is passed as an argument to start.sh. It is not the Linux top command (process viewer) in this context — it’s an instruction to the script.Normally, an app cannot start a system-level service. But shell user (via ADB) can execute scripts from app directories. top – This is passed as an argument to start
The trick:
This bypasses: