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.dex files are compiled Android application code files.

Android programs are compiled into .dex (Dalvik Executable) files, which are in turn zipped into a single .apk file on the device. .dex files can be created by automatically translating compiled applications written in the Java programming language.

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Is there a way to merge two or more .dex files into one .dex file using Scala?

I am doing some hacking on Jan Berkel's SBT Android Plugin and I was wandering if there is a way to merge multiple .dex files into one .dex file that will contain all of them. For example, if I have this: classes1.dex classes2.dex classes3.dex Is…
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Multiple dex files error when compiling with ant or Eclipse

I am unable to build my application I am running the latest build tools downloaded today, this started happening after the update. -dex: [dex] Converting compiled files and external libraries into …
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Android Studio: Error while generating the main dex list

I was trying to completely remove firebase dependencies from my project but I have manage somehow to completely screw my gradle and I need help in order to make it work again. I need to have the google play service dependencies because I am working…
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Difference between android.enableD8.desugaring in Android Studio 3.1 and android.enableD8

In Android Studio 3.0 there is an option android.enableD8 to enable D8 (Next-generation Dex Compiler). In Android Studio 3.1 a new option was added for this like android.enableD8.desugaring as per their updates. What actually does…
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Replace new method dexlib2 failing

I am using dexlib2 to rewriting existing apk through one jar utility. I want to change one instruction with my own instruction. It is basically returning some object and I want to replace it with another method which is returning different object.…
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Android app slow initial startup time

After I started using UI elements from the android support design library the app initial load time has become really slow (about 8 seconds!) and I am really not sure why. I ran method tracking during most of the startup (It takes time for android…
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Smali .local format

I disassembled an Android application with baksmali, and studied the produced smali code. One of the classes contains the following line: .local v1, "future":Lcom/android/volley/toolbox/RequestFuture;,…
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Difference between packed switch and sparse switch dalvik opcode

I want to know the difference between packed switch and sparse switch opcodes in dalvik. Please if you can provide examples. The explanation provided by google is unclear to me. packed-switch sparse switch Thanks.
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Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define Lcom/actionbarsherlock/R$attr

I have created a library project for my app. When I try to add the library to a project, I get the following error when trying to run it: [2013-02-07 04:51:26 - Dex Loader] Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define…
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Automatic transformation of Android's dex code

I want to transform/instrument Dex files. The goals of transformation include measuring code coverage. Note that the source files are not available. So instrumenting Dex is the only option. I am wondering if there are any existing code base that I…
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Managing android projects from command line

I am managing and running my android app from command line without using ant, I followed these steps: generate R.java compile R.java and all .java files in src to .class files assembling set of class files into dex file using the command below dx…
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Build failed: Failed to process jetified- Android Jetpack

I'm migrating an existing project to AndroidX, to use Android Jetpack. Every time the project tries to build, one of these errors shows up: com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveBuilderException: Failed to process…
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How can I use PathClassLoader to replace the deprecated DexFile APIs?

I've got a class in which I do some runtime annotation scanning, but it uses the deprecated DexFile APIs which causes a warning to appear in LogCat: W/zygote64: Opening an oat file without a class loader. Are you using the deprecated DexFile…
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How can I check the dex count in android?

My project's gradle file is as below. android { compileSdkVersion 23 buildToolsVersion "25.0.1" buildTypes { release { minifyEnabled false proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt') …
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Android APK tamper detection from NDK/JNI

Problem I have some keys which I want to keep it safe. At present, a native shared library generates them on demand. This shared library is used by my apk to get keys. The problem with the current implementation is that an attacker might extract…
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