Is this possible to protect our apk to decompile in android?

Question

I have created one android app but in that app i am using url,so i want to protect that url because when i decompiled my apk,inside java class url is coming as it is.

so i want to ask that is this possible to protect that url ?

you can encrypt the URL. – Fahad Rehman Sep 12 '16 at 07:35 — Fahad Rehman, Sep 12 '16 at 07:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '16 at 20:35

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No, there is no way to prevent people from seeing any data you include in the apk. You should not include secret data inside the code. Obfuscation barely helps - it just gives you a false sense of security.

answered Sep 13 '16 at 20:35

Antimony

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '18 at 12:08

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Store url in Native lib file and get at where you want,Do this You need NDK

answered Apr 18 '18 at 12:08

Hardik Sojitra

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 07:45

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Just mark minifyEnabled true in build gradle file in buildTypes release mode. It will make apk not view source and decomile.

Example: Add follwing lines in gradle file:

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

    }
    //added by me
    debug {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

    }
}

answered Sep 12 '16 at 07:45

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You must add that adding proguard only isn't a full proof method, there are tools which will decompile an APK even if it is obfuscated. – Rohan Kandwal Sep 12 '16 at 08:23
Adding ProGuard will not prevent decompilation of the apk. If you want to protect against this and also encrypt strings inside your application, you should check DexGuard, the commercial variant of ProGuard. – T. Neidhart Sep 12 '16 at 09:55

Is this possible to protect our apk to decompile in android?

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