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This is my attempt to get some more creativity, innovation, and roms here on xda. alot of people here have incredible skills but they cant be harnessed because they dont know what to do. if you are an artist we need you make icon packs. you have made 30 roms but you cant sign them. blah blah.
so no one abuse this but i attached a toolkit to do anything and everything with android on windows. im pushing this to be used for creating themes. hopefully it can help. but i thought it would be nice if everyone had this and the opensource community could start to grow even more.
i like this idea because it can help fellow Devs and even the watchers. everyone can get involved and give something to the community.
And now i present the Avabox
Any questions post them up.
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unyaffs-you have the ability to take system.img and data.img from you nandroids and get specific items from them.
Autosign- sign anything and everything. name your zip update.zip and follow the readme. roms themes, apps, anything.
Baksmali- put in apk in the folder. read readme. edit any icons wallpapers, anything. close it up and enjoy.
Perlscripts- this opens the boot.img for you.
Read the readme on all of these programs.
So this is going to be a quick tutorial Im gonna put up a video soon on how i got this to work on my computer
First things first download Avabox and unzip it in your C folder (same place you put androidsdk).
then get the java runtime from here not to be confused with the java development kit but since your there might as well grab it as well.
Install the java runtime then reboot
then open up avabox and click on autosign and place the zip you want signed in that folder and name it update.zip (dont add the .zip part it should already be a zip file).
then open up command prompt and type:cd\
cd Avabox/auto-sign
java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update.zip update_signed.zip
After that last enter give it a second and look in your avabox/update file and you'll notice a new file called update_signed.zip
I know that this is almost word for word from the read me but a few differences can go along way expect a video shortly..... well around wednesday or whenever i can get someone to help with this
porting
im interested in learning how to port and combine different aspects of themes and other mods. will this do it or is there other software i need. I can do the work if shown the way. I read all the post everday with peopl;e asking for this and that and i do it myself. If shown I would help with requests as much as possible. HELP PLEASE
Thank you Avalaunch!!
so with this software, can i take a signed theme mod (like launcher or taskbar) and it will grab the images for me to edit, and then repack and sign to a flashable zip?
Everyone that knows how to use bak/smali, I have a question.
The modifications I made to the extracted pngs aren't getting transferred back to the original apk when I close it back up. Any Ideas? I'm getting really close to a breakthrough for 2.1. Any help would be appreciated
regaw_leinad said:
Everyone that knows how to use bak/smali, I have a question.
The modifications I made to the extracted pngs aren't getting transferred back to the original apk when I close it back up. Any Ideas? I'm getting really close to a breakthrough for 2.1. Any help would be appreciated
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hm ill have to check into it. it should be making a new classes.dex too. i never really used it on edits.
Avalaunchmods said:
hm ill have to check into it. it should be making a new classes.dex too. i never really used it on edits.
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It changes the classes.dex and resigns it it looks like, but doesn't copy the mods of the pngs to the apk.
regaw_leinad said:
Everyone that knows how to use bak/smali, I have a question.
The modifications I made to the extracted pngs aren't getting transferred back to the original apk when I close it back up. Any Ideas? I'm getting really close to a breakthrough for 2.1. Any help would be appreciated
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What do you mean? Baksmali and Smali are for decompiling classes.dex and opening it up for the .smali files that are inside. Smali takes that output and recompiles it back into classes.dex for your .apk or .jar file.
You need to update the baksmali and smali .jar's. You have older versions and that will cause issues with certain .jar and .apk's when decompiling. baksmali-1.2.1.jar and smali-1.2.1.jar are the latest versions and will not require the BOOTCLASS PATH to be included...
Does the autosign work windows 7 (64 bit)? I've heard issues with other autosigns on 7. If it doesn't, no biggie I got xp in a VM... lol
obannvi said:
What do you mean? Baksmali and Smali are for decompiling classes.dex and opening it up for the .smali files that are inside. Smali takes that output and recompiles it back into classes.dex for your .apk or .jar file.
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Yeah I get it now, after playing with it for a while.
Avalaunch, you should change the first post.
Baksmali- put in apk in the folder. read readme. edit any icons wallpapers, anything. close it up and enjoy.
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that description is a little confusing to a person that NEVER used smali/baksmali before. It makes it seem like after you edit the unzipped files, you could just run smali and it will put al the changes in the new apk. I figured out that's not how it works lol I feel pretty stupid now looking back at my last question haha
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Yeah I get it now, after playing with it for a while.
Avalaunch, you should change the first post.
that description is a little confusing to a person that NEVER used smali/baksmali before. It makes it seem like after you edit the unzipped files, you could just run smali and it will put al the changes in the new apk. I figured out that's not how it works lol I feel pretty stupid now looking back at my last question haha
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What im trying to figure out is why would you even need to use baksmali/smali to edit .png's inside an .apk. All that needs to be done is opening of the .apk with 7zip, modify whats in /res/drawable etc then close...No need to sign .apks or anything. If anything, the script needs to contain something to extract /res/ * from the .apk to edit.
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What im trying to figure out is why would you even need to use baksmali/smali to edit .png's inside an .apk. All that needs to be done is opening of the .apk with 7zip, modify whats in /res/drawable etc then close...No need to sign .apks or anything. If anything, the script needs to contain something to extract /res/ * from the .apk to edit.
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I'm actually doing more than that. I am changing the code to look for instead of <name of file>.jpg to <name of file>.png
While also putting the new png in the apk. Think that's possible? I changed all of the locations where that file comes up in the smali code.
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I'm actually doing more than that. I am changing the code to look for instead of <name of file>.jpg to <name of file>.png
While also putting the new png in the apk. Think that's possible? I changed all of the locations where that file comes up in the smali code.
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I gotcha. So you're looking in blah.smali for any reference to .jpgs and changing that reference to look for .png instead??
obannvi said:
I gotcha. So you're looking in blah.smali for any reference to .jpgs and changing that reference to look for .png instead??
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yeah, not working too well atm, but working on it.
I think this is what I've been looking for. Downloading now.
Just noticed that ActivePerl was for 64bit. I am downloading 32bit as I have only have 32bit Vista Pro installed and not the 64bit.
regaw_leinad said:
Yeah I get it now, after playing with it for a while.
Avalaunch, you should change the first post.
that description is a little confusing to a person that NEVER used smali/baksmali before. It makes it seem like after you edit the unzipped files, you could just run smali and it will put al the changes in the new apk. I figured out that's not how it works lol I feel pretty stupid now looking back at my last question haha
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i guess i need to explain more. i use baksmali to make apks easier to search through. for me at least. instead of changing the type and everything i just put it in the folder and baksmali then do changes and create a new archive. sign and change .apk. if you smali it back to apk then it wont save edits. sorry about that anyways has this helped people so far? i love showing that windows can be a dev platform
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I think this is what I've been looking for. Downloading now.
Just noticed that ActivePerl was for 64bit. I am downloading 32bit as I have only have 32bit Vista Pro installed and not the 64bit.
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yes just google active perl i use win 7 64bit and when this toolbox was made, it was only made for certain people who had 64bit.
Sorry for the n00b question, but I have searched and haven't had much luck. Hopefully, this is the best place for this question. I just started editing .png's and updating some apk's files to customize some things on my phone for looks. However, I am really interested in modifying the taskbar and notification screen, but I have no clue where to start. Is there a guide somewhere I could follow to learn how to change them? What programs, if any additional ones will I need etc..?
Thanks for your help!
Figured it out on my own. framework.apk and resources.apk
I'm wondering if someone can point me in the direction of some resource or brief explanation on Rom cooking. I'm looking at trying my hand at it and don't know where to start. I have a general idea that its simply an archive with installation instructions but don't know how to theme it, change icons, do optimization or sign it.
Really anywhere you can point me to would be much appreciated.
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Glad to see people trying to learn.
Here are some helpful threads that I keep as bookmarks for reference:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=641223
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661119
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5993370&postcount=1190
EDIT:
Get ahold of Avabox too, and thank Avalaunchmods for that!
Have fun learning!
Make sure you give credit when its due though!
ROMs basically consist of archives inside of archives. APKs are just archives and can be opened really nicely with 7zip. The best way to get started theming things is just to open up some apks, and find some stuff that looks familiar that you can change.
Tip: if you first unzip an apk, then pick through that folder to see what you want to change, then make your changes there. then when you're all done, take your modified files and drag them back into a 7zip window of that same archived 'opened' instead of unzipped. then they don't need resigned, (since you just modified files inside of the archive without unzipping it) and it makes changing things a lot quicker.
stray away from '.9.pngs' at first until you get the hang of the basics, then search for the guide on here for how to modify images ending in '.9.png'
then there are xml edits that i'm not too good at unless they're in plaintext. (and those inside of apks are not plaintext)
but you can really do a lot of very cool stuff while doing nothing other than editing images.
This is wonderful, thanks for some quick replies! I'm a pretty advanced computer user and avid Linux fan (run archlinux) so I think I can get this
Thanks again, off dinner then some learning. I hope to contribute soon.
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ok so i've read several, several threads on making themes, metamorph files, and what not and just wanted to ask a couple of questions since i'm going to try to start my own theme for my fascinate.
i know i need to be in the framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk files. Is the twframwork-res.apk only needed if i'm themeing for tw or can i just work in the framework-res.apk? also i've read somewhere not to mess with the .9.png files is this true here or is it ok to change these? also i'm not 100% on how to zip for a clockwork flash. do i just do a normal .zip file or is there something else thats has to be done to be flashable thru clockwork. o and is there anyhting else in the drawable folder i shouldnt touch? thanks for the help in advance
I am a little curious myself, but I haven't taken the time to look into it. You might check out this wonderful pdf:
http://tinyurl.com/2dnt4lv
I hope you get a more proper answer. Bump.
Swyped w/ XDA App. System: http://tinyurl.com/26tmcr9
Best way to learn how to build something is to take it apart. There are many valuable resources on line about android themeing. Knowledge of performing xml edits for font color and graphic placement. And using 7zip to be able to open an apk using the open archive feature and being able to extract and add image files from the drawable-hdpi folder. Make a back up of you phone and utilize some reverse engineering and experiment with some image replacement and give it a flash. Coming from windows mobile and no android knowledge I had things figured with about 3 hours of reading and experimenting.
good day.
You will need both framework files if you intend on getting it fully themed. It all depends on what you want to change. You can mess with the .9's, assuming you know how to do it properly. IE: modify your .9, edit your .9 in draw9patch, then compile in eclipse.
To sign a zip ---> java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 zip-name.zip new-zip-name.zip.zip
ty for the pdf that explains a lot in simple terms, and maybe I'll dive in on my eris first just in case lol, and thanks for the zip signing
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Also look up apk manager in search (don't have the link handy)
on the .9.png files do I just open them in gimp/photoshop and then open it again in draw9patch to resave it? lol lil confused on these particular files
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Hey I was wondering and have been looking for a while how to put the source all back together from the .dex file. I extracted all the .Java files and want to turn it into classes.dex again. So any one can possible help me out?
Thanks in advanced!
cole59z said:
Hey I was wondering and have been looking for a while how to put the source all back together from the .dex file. I extracted all the .Java files and want to turn it into classes.dex again. So any one can possible help me out?
Thanks in advanced!
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I'm not sure this is a good place to talk reverse-engineering, but well...
Decompiling an apk to Java is usually a very destructive process, even more if the apk was ProGuarded.
This means that unless you manage to fix all the compile issues generated by the decompilation process, you won't be able to pack it back together into a working app (and believe me, you won't).
This is why people bother with smali code, smali/baksmali is the only way to modify an apk and recompile it, afaik.
Either way, this should be done for educational purposes only.
People usually don't use assembly for fun if they could use Java instead^^
I'm not even sure if I don't prefer the BrainF*ck language to smali.
That's the whole point of guarding your source code so no one steals your app. It's very easy to load just about anything into the play store by just changing the package name through all the files. Normally apktool is used to hack smali for system apps or free apps like Facebook to theme them.
Hopefully your asking for educational purposes.
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[IDE][5.x] APK Studio - IDE for Reverse Engineering Android APKs
APK Studio is a cross-platform IDE for reverse-engineering (decompiling/editing) & recompiling of android application binaries within a single user-interface. It features a friendly IDE like layout, with a code editor which support syntax highlighting for Android SMALI (*.smali) code files.
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I look forward to trying this out I am to the point when I use command line stuff I start to fall asleep lol.
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Great one http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/good.gif
but it lags during compiling
any help ??
Please brief about the problem?
ewa3h said:
Great one http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/good.gif
but it lags during compiling
any help ??
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Can you provide me with some sort of brief with what you meant with "it lags during compiling"?
Did it recompile or not?
What you were recompiling (if that ain't confidential)?
That would help me recreating the issue so that I can check with it & fix the issue when I get back at home!
Lastly, thanks for your feedback! :cyclops:
Thank you!
I wanna try it!
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This is a great TOOL! I tried this out and it works great. I didnt experience any LAG what so ever... Love the features! Been looking for a apktool like this forever. Cant stand typing all the freaking cmds... NICE JOB!!!! and for the negative feed back about the lag..... I think its your lame computer thats lagging not the app:good:
can someone give a little how to use guide? I'm a noobie
Thanks man!
XxTeXx07xX said:
This is a great TOOL! I tried this out and it works great. I didnt experience any LAG what so ever... Love the features! Been looking for a apktool like this forever. Cant stand typing all the freaking cmds... NICE JOB!!!! and for the negative feed back about the lag..... I think its your lame computer thats lagging not the app:good:
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Actually you know what, I's waiting for such response!
Easy man!
harveyr4 said:
can someone give a little how to use guide? I'm a noobie
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Hey harveyr4! It's quit easy & self-explanatory! You go to File > Open APK > browse to your APK file & select it..., wait & watch the status bar! You will then be presented with the real thing inside You can double click any smali file from package (use package explorer on the left), edit it then you can recompile it from the Build menu!
i love develper i try and i poste :laugh:
Error during decompile process
Is it possible to log the decompile process, so that we know where possible errors occur?
I've tried some apk's from the CM10.1 ROM (Settings, SystemUI) and some others like Apollo, Effem and it hang on "Unexpected error occured when extracting"
EDIT: It seem that there is a problem with backing up the original apk, because there is no dist folder in Settings-apkstudio folder
Hmm hmm! I will add it...
lahmizzar said:
Is it possible to log the decompile process, so that we know where possible errors occur?
I've tried some apk's from the CM10.1 ROM (Settings, SystemUI) and some others like Apollo, Effem and it hang on "Unexpected error occured when extracting"
EDIT: It seem that there is a problem with backing up the original apk, because there is no dist folder in Settings-apkstudio folder
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Hmm, I see! maybe some wrong permissions or something is there. I'll try to reproduce it on an XP machine & will check on it. Also, thanks for the suggest. I'll implement a debug console in upcoming Java/SWT version for logging batch output.
Error on Extracting
Why does it show "Unexpected occurred error when extrating"
vaibhavpandeylive said:
APK Studio is the first IDE (don't know If I should call it like that ) that allows out of the box decompiling, editing & then recompiling of android binaries easily (editing of .smali files with Syntax Highlighting). No need to configure Notepad++ for bit of changes.
You can use it for editing ,decompiling, recompiling, rebuilding APKs or just have a look at How Did They Do It? . I tried to make it as promising as it could be in 4 days of design & development.
So that every piece of code is visible and a well developed editor which allows editing of codes. It comes with more than bunch of features in it.
If you are tired of using command line tools (still appreciate them APKOneClick, APKTOOL & DCompiler as they form the foundation of this one too), this is the tool for you.
This software will ease the way of reverse engineering APKs from now.
Download it & post your suggestions.
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great work mate, looking forward to trying it! does it also allow you to decompile .jar files?
also feel free to check out my qiuckmodtool for features!
ewa3h said:
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but it lags during compiling
any help ??
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whats the specs of your pc?
apktool needs to parse all the lines in the smali code, then needs to convert it, then convert the XML files, then build resources.arsc then pack..
on a pc like mine(1.8GHZ 512MB ram) takes atleast a 2 minutes to compile anything, to compile setings.apk takes 12 minutes.
Working on it, under development.
ricky310711 said:
great work mate, looking forward to trying it! does it also allow you to decompile .jar files?
also feel free to check out my qiuckmodtool for features!
whats the specs of your pc?
apktool needs to parse all the lines in the smali code, then needs to convert it, then convert the XML files, then build resources.arsc then pack..
on a pc like mine(1.8GHZ 512MB ram) takes atleast a 2 minutes to compile anything, to compile setings.apk takes 12 minutes.
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I am working on an SWT/JFace cross-platform version (especially crafted because no GUI tool for the purpose on linux). I already added the functionality of decompiling from APK/JAR. You can even open individual .smali files in it's syntax highlighted editor. It will be announced soon right here.
As for the specs, I develop on AMD 64-Bit machine 3.6 GHz, 8GB Corsair XMS3, WD Green 1TB 6GBPs SATA-3. Everything just goes fine with it. But I don't think waiting time is an issue we should bother about. I needed a GUI & made one. Didn't care about that. When I use APK_OneClick, it takes almost same. Mine just takes some extra time to decompile the JAR into individual Java source files while jDecompile (APK_OneClick uses) reads from JAR directly. So it might be faster.
Hey man,
Just decided to give your app a go. A couple of things that I would like to bring up (and these may or may not be unique to me?
some back ground info on my rig. Windows 7 64Bit release, I am running 8GB of HyperX RAM, Core Duo Quad OC 3.8Ghz installed on Intel 3 gen 180GB SSD and running as fast as lightning! Java version is 1.8.0 64Bit. Windows env is set correctly also. Latest SDK. I am running apktool version apktool_2.0.0b9.jar
1). Man talk about lag!!! It took more than 10min (close to 15 actually) to decompile a simple app like PasswordSafe? Any clues or indications as to why?
2).Does not inform the user if it is still decompiling or not? i.e no progress bar? Yes it lists the files in the GUI in the bottom bar, but when an app is pause
3) Now that it's decompiled....now what? This application does seem to do anything more after it has completed decompiling? It cannot detect any valid apk in any directory I pointed it at, source code or no source cute?
4.) What is the idea/ place behind it? I see both APKTool and dex2jar decompilers.....output is in java class files (suggesting only dex2jar was executed?)...no smali files?
5).If the results ARE only meant to produce the java class output, then has this been tested with the Android IDE development environment?
No manifest has been produced? To date I have yet to find any application that can decompile to java and recompile the application either as a standalone or inside of Android Studio /Eclipse IDE's? So if your claim is correct that you can indeed recompile from decompiled java resources then I EAGERLY WAIT FOR YOU TO RESPOND
Man I have tried EVERYTHING, and I mean everything with exception of JEB noteably because of its heft $1000 price tag and nothing has been able to do this successfully has been able to do this :-|
Hmm
Jarmezrocks said:
Hey man,
Just decided to give your app a go. A couple of things that I would like to bring up (and these may or may not be unique to me?
some back ground info on my rig. Windows 7 64Bit release, I am running 8GB of HyperX RAM, Core Duo Quad OC 3.8Ghz installed on Intel 3 gen 180GB SSD and running as fast as lightning! Java version is 1.8.0 64Bit. Windows env is set correctly also. Latest SDK. I am running apktool version apktool_2.0.0b9.jar
1). Man talk about lag!!! It took more than 10min (close to 15 actually) to decompile a simple app like PasswordSafe? Any clues or indications as to why?
2).Does not inform the user if it is still decompiling or not? i.e no progress bar? Yes it lists the files in the GUI in the bottom bar, but when an app is pause
3) Now that it's decompiled....now what? This application does seem to do anything more after it has completed decompiling? It cannot detect any valid apk in any directory I pointed it at, source code or no source cute?
4.) What is the idea/ place behind it? I see both APKTool and dex2jar decompilers.....output is in java class files (suggesting only dex2jar was executed?)...no smali files?
5).If the results ARE only meant to produce the java class output, then has this been tested with the Android IDE development environment?
No manifest has been produced? To date I have yet to find any application that can decompile to java and recompile the application either as a standalone or inside of Android Studio /Eclipse IDE's? So if your claim is correct that you can indeed recompile from decompiled java resources then I EAGERLY WAIT FOR YOU TO RESPOND
Man I have tried EVERYTHING, and I mean everything with exception of JEB noteably because of its heft $1000 price tag and nothing has been able to do this successfully has been able to do this :-|
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Greetings!
1) The long decompilation time is because of the decompilation of JAR produced by dex2jar to individual .java files. Unlike others, I didn't want to just fire up jDecompile with the JAR path to browse sources. I wanted individual files so that I (atleast) could open & compare smali & java files for same class in two tabs while editing smali code.
2) There is a progress bar at bottom with current file status being updated each time on the label (in status bar) to keep the user informed.
3) After SUCCESSFUL decompilation, loads up the tree on left with apk-directory structure & opens up found AndroidManifest.xml. Then you can browse smali code from the tree edit & recompile.
4) There MUST NOT be any class files at all. Procyon decompiler directly outputs .java files from the .jar. It should not spit out the OP code.
5) The java source output IS NOT MEANT from recompiling from it. It is just to COMPARE & CHECK what we are editing in SMALI code.
i tried to run your apkstudio to decompile apk, but it always stuck at this stage, do you know why?
I Am Working On It
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i tried to run your apkstudio to decompile apk, but it always stuck at this stage, do you know why?
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I've been getting a lot of messages saying people stuck at decompilation. I've decided to discontinue Procyon's decompile as at most times, it fails to decompile obfuscated code.
If editing the application & recompiling is your intention, then you can restart APK studio, and this time choose Open Directory from File menu. Navigate the browser to the extracted folder location & it will show up the files, and yes..., you can recompile back after edits from there.
The decompiler is producing errors when converting from OP to Java code from JAR produced by dex2jar.
Sorry for it is taking long, but this time in new version..., I'm developing it precisely taking care of each 'n every bug reported yet.
Thanks mate. I am looking forward to it I like the concept of this.
I didn't see any real clear step by step instructions on how to use it correctly but for now I will just hold off till you have something a bit more concrete.
Also I don't mean to burst your bubble hear where I say this but you do realise that Dex2JAR is extremely limited in its functionality! You won't get even half the classes that are needed. I have proven this many times.
I am looking to port across Android DARE. If you haven't checked it out already maybe you should take a look at it? it Does heaps more classes, almost to the point where I can set up a project in Eclipse, but not quite.
There are two other applications that do similar things to yours on XDA. One by broodplank called APKtoJava and another is a very popular studio called VirtuousTen Studio. APKtoJava is really focussed on Decompiling and setting up an apk project ready for eclipse whilst also allowing the user to edit smali code. VirtuousTen is aimed at a similar approach to yours and looking at the code side by side next Java classes and smali.
All use Dex2JAR so all are very very limited in their methodology. The best I have found so far is to decompile in Linux using Android DARE and then bring the results back into Windows and decompile again in VirtuousTen, then delete the Java results only keeping the directory structure and then dumping the Android DARE Java files in the directory. Side by side it is perfect.
Only problem is I absolutely hate the Windows 8 interface force fed to us. I don't have Windows 8 and the version I do have in a VM I have made it look like 7 cause I hate the look so much lol!
So if you can withstand that about VirtuousTen then it pretty much does what yours does.
Have a look and check them out