First of all I didn’t create this tool entirely.
This tool has been created by xavierjohn22 and his thread can be found here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053227
He deserves most if not all the credit for this amazing tool.
Credits:
@Beachon
@Xavierjohn22, the amazing author of AutoApktool! Visit his thread, click his thanks button, and support his work with donations, and my personal thanks to author for this tool and his permission to modify it and re-post it..
@Brut_all for Apktool
@XDA Community
I did add few more options to the tool to make it AoutAPKTool a universal Tool.
The Idea was to make this a one stop shop for all app/jar/dex file modifications any dev would like to do.
With new changes to hex/dex that have been introduced in ICS leaks/roms decompiling an app became a few step process. We had to take classes.dex out of app and save it somewhere. Delete it from app and then decompile it. After mods have been done we had to put that dex file back into app.
I have added a menu option to decompile ICS app and a script that would do all that all by itself making that process fully automated.
Also I did add baksmali/smali script and menu options for .dex and .jar files so we don’t have to keep 2 different tools and to be able to do everything we want to do under one roof.
I’m not gonna type up a tutorial for complete tool.
You can read about it in thread linked above. Mr. xavierjohn22 knows much more about this subject and his explanations are better than I can do it. You also can read more about how to use this tool here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511755
I’ll just explain how to use new options in menu I’ve added.
Download zip file from link provided and extract somewhere on your hard drive. It will create AutoAPKTool2.0.4 folder on your hard drive with all tools and folders you need inside that folder.
How to:
1. Decompile ICS app. This has been tested on E4GT apps and it’s working. If you try this tool on apps from other phones ICS builds please let me know if it works and I’ll add that info to description for others to know. Now back to subject. You don’t need to do any extra steps to decompile an ICS app. You would choose option 14 from menu and drag’n’drop app from _INPUT_APK folder into CMD window. The script will take classes.dex out of apk, decompile it and once done with decompiling it will move classes.dex back into xyz.apk file leaving it in its original state. Script will also add classes.dex file to decompiled apk folder so when you recompile it after you done with your modifications the classes.dex will be there. To recompile app use option 15 from menu.
2. Baksmali/smali classes.dex file. This options will do exactly what they say they would. You put a dex file into _INPUT_APK folder and run baksmali option. It will create clasout folder and put decompiled classes.dex file into it. Do your modifications and run smali. It will recomplile classes.dex and create a new file new-classes.dex in your _INPUT_APK folder. You can rename it to classes.dex and put into apk you took it out from.
3. Baksmali/smali JAR files. Put a JAR file you want to edit into _Jar_Files folder and run baksmali JAR option from menu. You will be asked to drag’n’drop jar file into CMD window. Do that and hit enter. New folder with filename.dex extension will be created _Jar_Files folder and jar file will be decompiled into that folder. After you done with your modifications choose option Smali JAR file. You will be prompted to drag’n’drop filename.dex folder into CMD window. Do it and hit enter. Jar file will be recompiled and you will find newly created/recompiled jar in filename.dex folder.
If you see any bags in while using this options please let me know. If you have problems with anything else please contact xavierjohn22 since I don’t know anything about all the other stuff in this tool.
I’m not a programmer nor am I a code writer and this is my first attempt to put together a tool. Please go easy on me if you discover any bugs. I’ll try to keep up with you and fix bugs as you discover them.
You can download tool here:
http://jumbofiles.com/tuwvhbc1ksio/AutoAPKTool2.0.4.zip.html
Updated tool to aapt.exe from windows-sdk API level 15 (ICS).
AutoAPKTool2.0.4a
I'm looking forward to get some feedback about options added.
This tool has been created by xavierjohn22 and his thread can be found here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053227
He deserves most if not all the credit for this amazing tool.
Credits:
@Beachon
@Xavierjohn22, the amazing author of AutoApktool! Visit his thread, click his thanks button, and support his work with donations, and my personal thanks to author for this tool and his permission to modify it and re-post it..
@Brut_all for Apktool
@XDA Community
I did add few more options to the tool to make it AoutAPKTool a universal Tool.
The Idea was to make this a one stop shop for all app/jar/dex file modifications any dev would like to do.
With new changes to hex/dex that have been introduced in ICS leaks/roms decompiling an app became a few step process. We had to take classes.dex out of app and save it somewhere. Delete it from app and then decompile it. After mods have been done we had to put that dex file back into app.
I have added a menu option to decompile ICS app and a script that would do all that all by itself making that process fully automated.
Also I did add baksmali/smali script and menu options for .dex and .jar files so we don’t have to keep 2 different tools and to be able to do everything we want to do under one roof.
I’m not gonna type up a tutorial for complete tool.
You can read about it in thread linked above. Mr. xavierjohn22 knows much more about this subject and his explanations are better than I can do it. You also can read more about how to use this tool here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1511755
I’ll just explain how to use new options in menu I’ve added.
Download zip file from link provided and extract somewhere on your hard drive. It will create AutoAPKTool2.0.4 folder on your hard drive with all tools and folders you need inside that folder.
How to:
1. Decompile ICS app. This has been tested on E4GT apps and it’s working. If you try this tool on apps from other phones ICS builds please let me know if it works and I’ll add that info to description for others to know. Now back to subject. You don’t need to do any extra steps to decompile an ICS app. You would choose option 14 from menu and drag’n’drop app from _INPUT_APK folder into CMD window. The script will take classes.dex out of apk, decompile it and once done with decompiling it will move classes.dex back into xyz.apk file leaving it in its original state. Script will also add classes.dex file to decompiled apk folder so when you recompile it after you done with your modifications the classes.dex will be there. To recompile app use option 15 from menu.
2. Baksmali/smali classes.dex file. This options will do exactly what they say they would. You put a dex file into _INPUT_APK folder and run baksmali option. It will create clasout folder and put decompiled classes.dex file into it. Do your modifications and run smali. It will recomplile classes.dex and create a new file new-classes.dex in your _INPUT_APK folder. You can rename it to classes.dex and put into apk you took it out from.
3. Baksmali/smali JAR files. Put a JAR file you want to edit into _Jar_Files folder and run baksmali JAR option from menu. You will be asked to drag’n’drop jar file into CMD window. Do that and hit enter. New folder with filename.dex extension will be created _Jar_Files folder and jar file will be decompiled into that folder. After you done with your modifications choose option Smali JAR file. You will be prompted to drag’n’drop filename.dex folder into CMD window. Do it and hit enter. Jar file will be recompiled and you will find newly created/recompiled jar in filename.dex folder.
If you see any bags in while using this options please let me know. If you have problems with anything else please contact xavierjohn22 since I don’t know anything about all the other stuff in this tool.
I’m not a programmer nor am I a code writer and this is my first attempt to put together a tool. Please go easy on me if you discover any bugs. I’ll try to keep up with you and fix bugs as you discover them.
You can download tool here:
http://jumbofiles.com/tuwvhbc1ksio/AutoAPKTool2.0.4.zip.html
Updated tool to aapt.exe from windows-sdk API level 15 (ICS).
AutoAPKTool2.0.4a
I'm looking forward to get some feedback about options added.
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