Procedure for decoding .apk files,
step-by-step method:
Step 1:
Make a new folder and put .apk file
in it (which you want to decode). Now rename the extension of this .apk file to
.zip (eg.: rename from filename.apk to filename.zip) and save it. Now you get
classes.dex files, etc. At this stage you are able to see drawable but not xml
and java files, so continue.
Step 2:
Now
extract this zip apk file in the same folder (or NEW FOLDER). Now download
dex2jar from this linkhttp://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/ and
extract it to the same folder (or NEW FOLDER). Move the classes.dex file into
the dex2jar folder. Now open command prompt and change directory to that folder
(or NEW FOLDER). Then write dex2jar classes.dex and
press enter. Now you get classes.dex.dex2jar file in the same folder. Then
download java decompiler from http://jd.benow.ca/ and
now double click on jd-gui and click on open file. Then open
classes.dex.dex2jar file from that folder. Now you get class files and save all
these class files (click on file then click "save all sources" in
jd-gui) by src name. At this stage you get java source but the xml files are
still unreadable, so continue.
Step 3:
Now open another new folder and put
these files
1.
put .apk file which you want to
decode
3.
download framework-res.apk file and put in the same folder (Not
all apk file need framework-res.apk file)
4.
Open a command window
5.
Navigate to the root directory of
APKtool and type the following command: apktool
if framework-res.apk (Try below trobleshooting if not working)
6.
apktool
d "fname".apk ("fname" denotes filename which you want to
decode)
now you get a file folder in that
folder and now you can easily read xml files also.
Step 4:
It's not any step just copy contents
of both folder(in this case both new folder)to the single one
and now enjoy with source code...
Troubleshooting:
1. From Step 3-->point 5 --> apktool is not recognize as an internal command.
Solution:
This may be a PATH problem，do this：
PATH=%PATH%;ApkToolPath
ApkToolPath is the directory where apktool is.
BTW, u need to download 2 files: apktool-install-windows-r05-ibot.tar.bz2 and apktool1.5.2.tar.bz2. extract both and put aapt.exe apktoo.bat apktool.jar together.
