Questions tagged [apktool]

Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps.

Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc.

https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/

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the troubles of rebuild apk

I always use apktool to decompiler the apk file ,and ,you known,some resources's name looks very strange, just like this: . when it's been decompilered. the question is: when rebuild the folder which contains this…
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what is relationship between Android and lua and SMALI languages?

I have noticed that some of the android applications as containing Lua scripts and bytecode. I think Android can under Java Davlik bytecode or native calls. How it can load lua scripts (.lua files) and lua bytecode (.o) at runtime ? Why the…
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Is it possible to log every http request in an android application? ( By recompiling & Without sniffing )

Important: i do not wish to log using packet logger / proxy / etc - for various reasons I have an application that i want to log every request that goes through it by decompile / recompiling the application invoke-static {v0, v2},…
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How to decompiling Java APK file

I have a apk file that I want to decompile.I tried Smali2Java , and apktool but when I check the decompiled files, all of them contain only the definitions of the variables and functions. For example : import…
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Requirements for an Android App to be decompiled?

Good evening, I know that this subject is very common on StackOverFlow but my question is a little bit different and i couldn't find any solution on the WHOLE WEB ! ;) SO THIS IS MY QUESTION : "What are the building requirements (on Eclypse) to…
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Create a shortcut for APK in the Homescreen

I have a compiled APK and My workaround to make a shortcut at the home screen is : 1- Decode the apk with apktool.jar 2- Modify AndroidManifest (add the ) 3-…
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how to fix this error : zipalign: symbol lookup error: zipalign: undefined symbol: _zn11zip_archive7inflateerkns_6readerejjpns_6writerepm

When i run the zip command into my linux machine it can not work and give me the error message above I un apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, remove the libbacktrack.so.0 file and replace it with a new one but still not working
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apk failed on android 12

Last week I passed from a Android 10 phone to Android 12. I had some apks decompiled/recompiled with apktool and autosigned with jarsigner, and in Android 10 I could installed them, but in Android 12 it just shows me the apk is invalid when I try to…
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Recompiled APK doesn't get Update from Google Play

I de-compiled APK using APKtool and did not change anything latterly nothing has been change and then I recompiled the APK and install it and everything working fine. However when I try to update the app from Google Play the new app refuse to update…
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Is it possible to install Java SDK in Termux?

I have a problem trying to install the Java SDKs on my Android device. I require its installation to be able to use apktool in Termux. I have investigated in many forums and even on YouTube and I can not solve my problem. I used this script but it…
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How to obfuscate a pre-built apk?

I'm a blogger and I've been publishing third party android apps and games on my website since a couple of years ago. There are some exclusive apps which I need to put some toast messages in them. I'm novice at this but my question is about something…
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How Recompile Jar to dex using android phone?

I have extracted Dex file using Apk editor And decomplied using Jadex Now I want to recompile Jar to Dex using android Phone can any one help me ?
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Preventing reverse-engineering (without using Proguard) just like Apple's apps

First, this isn't about "how to avoid reverse engineering" nor it's about "how to use proguard", so kindly don't mark this as 'duplicate' thread, as I'm an expert in both of them... Recently I tried decompiling Apple's music apk but it didn't…
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After getting the APK source code, how can I import it into Android Studio to build an Apk?

I've followed the steps to decode an APK file and got all the source code (Java + xml). Now I want to import all that code into Android Studio to build an APK by making some modification to that APK. I'm not able to import the project into Android…
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Throw exception while apktool try to decompile/unarchive my apk

I tried to harden my APK from reverse engineering. I know it's impossible preventing decompile APK but I saw some APKs used a trick to throw exception apktool in decompile process (Not just APK tool, all of decompiler like QARK can't return a…