So i just wanna ask what i have to edit to port android apps from other devices is it the manifest only or what?
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[Q[SOLVED]]how to port android apps
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I think u don't have to edit anything in a app to make it work on other devices. Normally they work on every device
If you want to try using a system app, then place your apk in /system/app and set permissions - chmod 0644. The permissions look somewhat like this -
xx-
x--
x--
This can be done using any file manager. I recommand using Root Browser by Jrummy.
Theoretically, the Application Programming Interface ( API ) of Jelly Bean is higher than that of ICS. Hence some features of the Jelly Bean apk may not work on ICS, or the apk may not even work. It depends on what you are trying to port. Some Xperia Z apps have already been ported for ICS, but other phone brand apks are very difficult to port.
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Now you have helped me so you mean that if I manage maybe to mess. With the API then I can manage to port it to ics?
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Now you have helped me so you mean that if I manage maybe to mess. With the API then I can manage to port it to ics?
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You cannot mess with the API level. Although it can be changed in androidmanifest.xml, many features of the app won't work. Still, you can try using APK2JAVA or APKTOOL to decompile and check the apk that you need to port. If you don't know java, then it would be difficult.
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You cannot mess with the API level. Although it can be changed in androidmanifest.xml, many features of the app won't work. Still, you can try using APK2JAVA or APKTOOL to decompile and check the apk that you need to port. If you don't know java, then it would be difficult.
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Yeah I know java but what's the difference between Dex2jar and APK2JAVA?
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Yeah I know java but what's the difference between Dex2jar and APK2JAVA?
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Apk2java allows you to decompile the apk into an eclipse project. I don't think that dex2jar can do that. Both allow you to edit the source of the apk. I have tried using Apk2Java and decompiled an apk into an eclipse project, but when I imported it there were around 50 errors
Never tried using dex2jar.
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Apk2java allows you to decompile the apk into an eclipse project. I don't think that dex2jar can do that. Both allow you to edit the source of the apk. I have tried using Apk2Java and decompiled an apk into an eclipse project, but when I imported it there were around 50 errors
Never tried using dex2jar.
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I didn't mean that. I'm asking how did u port the app?
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If you want to try using a system app, then place your apk in /system/app and set permissions - chmod 0644. The permissions look somewhat like this -
xx-
x--
x--
This can be done using any file manager. I recommand using Root Browser by Jrummy.2
Theoretically, the Application Programming Interface ( API ) of Jelly Bean is higher than that of ICS. Hence some features of the Jelly Bean apk may not work on ICS, or the apk may not even work. It depends on what you are trying to port. Some Xperia Z apps have already been ported for ICS, but other phone brand apks are very difficult to port.1Re: [Q]how to port android apps
Yeah but others are not installing
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yeah i have tried that but not working when i reboot apps are not there these are jelly bean apps that i want to use so anyway of editing this to make it compatible to ics?
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Now you have helped me so you mean that if I manage maybe to mess. With the API then I can manage to port it to ics?
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