Apktool Extract the apk file's resources

APK file itself is a compressed package, directly with the decompression tool can be opened, but the inside of the file has been encoded into a binary file format, can not directly see, such as the program description file Androidmanifest.xml.

These files can be decoded and restored using the Apktool tool. Apktool (http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/now address is: http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/) is a very well-known open source Toolkit, Powerful, can unpack apk files and repackage, commonly used to Chinese Android applications.

Installation method, see http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/install/:

Quick Check

• Apktool 2.x (Versions after 1.5.2 )
  1. is Java 1.7 installed?
  2. Does executing on java -version command Line/command prompt return 1.7?
  3. If not, please install Java 7 and make it the default.

Installation for Apktool 2.x

• Windows :
  1. Download Windows Wrapper script (right click, Save Link as apktool.bat )
  2. Download Apktool-2 (Find newest here)
  3. Rename downloaded jar to Apktool.jar li>
  4. Move both files ( Apktool.jar & apktool.bat ) to your Windows directory (usually c://windows )
  5. If You don't have access to c://windows Ywhere then add this directory to your environment Variables System PATH variable.
  6. Try running apktool via command prompt
• Linux :
  1. Download Linux Wrapper script (right click, Save Link as apktool ) /li>
  2. Download Apktool-2 (Find newest here)
  3. Make sure the 32bit libraries ( Ia32-libs) downloaded and installed by your Linux Package Manager, if is on a 64bit Unix system.
  4. (This helps provide support for the 32bit native binary aapt, which are required by Apktool)
  5. Rena Me downloaded jar to apktool.jar
  6. Move both files ( Apktool.jar & apktool) to /usr/local/bin (Root needed)
  7. Make sure both files is executable ( chmod +x
  8. Try running apktool via CLI
• Mac OS X:
  1. Download Mac Wrapper script (right click, Save Link as apktool )
  2. Download Apktool-2 (Find newest here)
  3. Rename downloaded jar toapktool.jar
  4. Move both files ( apktool.jar & apktool ) to /usr/local/bin (Root needed)
  5. Make sure both files is executable ( chmod +x )
  6. Try running apktool via CLI

Note -Wrapper scripts is not a needed, but the helpful so don't have a to type of over and over java -jar apktool.jar .

I can't put them in the bin directory, but I put them in the/software/android/tools directory.

In this way, I unzip an apk file under the download directory, which is the following command:

/software/android/tools/apktool D ~/downloads/com.supercell.clashofclans_v8.116.2-722_android-4.0.3.apk

The extracted directory is:/software/android/tools/the following directory.

Parameter description:

apktool d [demo.apk]  // 参数是 d 而不是 -d。

./apktool
Apktool v2.0.3-a tool for reengineering Android apk files
With Smali v2.1.0 and Baksmali v2.1.0
Copyright Ryszard Wi?niewski <[email protected]>
Updated by Connor Tumbleson [email protected]

Usage:apktool
-advance,--Advanced Prints advance information.
-version,--Version Prints the version then exits

Usage:apktool if|install-framework [options] <framework.apk>
-p,--frame-path <dir>    Stores framework files into <dir>.
-T,--tag <tag>          tag frameworks using <tag>.

Usage:apktool D[ecode] [options] <file_apk>
-F,--force       & nbsp;      force Delete Destination directory.
-o,--output <dir>       The name of folder that gets written. Default is apk.out
-P,--frame-path <dir>   Uses framework files located in <dir>.
-R,--no-res             do not decode resources.
-S,--no-src             do not decode sources.
-T,--frame-tag <tag>    Uses framework files tagged by <tag>.

Usage:apktool b[uild] [options] <app_path>
-F,--force-all Skip changes detection and build all files.
-O,--output <dir> The name of the apk that gets written. Default is dist/name.apk
-P,--frame-path <dir> Uses framework files located in <dir>.

For additional info, see:http://ibotpeaches.github.io/apktool/
For Smali/baksmali info, See:https://github.com/jesusfreke/smali

Apktool Extract the apk file's resources