Decompiling framework-res.apk?

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I am trying to decompile the framework-res.apk file with APK Manager. But it's not working. When I did this with the DX, I had to use a dependee apk file (moto-res.apk) to be able to decompile without error but I can't seem to find the write file to use. Does anyone know if there is a dependee file or should I just be able to decompile it? Don't know if the Apk Manager 4.9 will actually work but I am trying to figure it out. Any help would be great.

Couldnt you just rename the .apk extension to .zip unzip it then edit it rezip then sign it to install. Or you could use 7zip if ur on windows to get into the .apk without renaming to .zip and messing around with signing etc.

Will this actually work for a framework-res.apk file?

Originally Posted by qubit76

Couldnt you just rename the .apk extension to .zip unzip it then edit it rezip then sign it to install. Or you could use 7zip if ur on windows to get into the .apk without renaming to .zip and messing around with signing etc.

This won't work because this way you don't get the Value folders that I need to access. It has to be decompiled to get access to those.

That's the million dollar question. You will not be able to deodex or decompile until hc source is released. Otherwise we'd all have deodexed zip aligned pngopt roms.

Originally Posted by bigrushdog

That's the million dollar question. You will not be able to deodex or decompile until hc source is released. Otherwise we'd all have deodexed zip aligned pngopt roms.

I have done all of these (plus recompiling/odexing). The tools are out there, but they are not 100%. I have had to fix several resources manually before being able to repackage them. I only use apktool/baksmali/smali though so I don't know about the various front-ends like APKManager

Originally Posted by sangreal06

I have done all of these (plus recompiling/odexing). The tools are out there, but they are not 100%. I have had to fix several resources manually before being able to repackage them. I only use apktool/baksmali/smali though so I don't know about the various front-ends like APKManager

Smali/baksmali needs to be updated to support honeycomb
They cannot be updated until hc source is released.

Originally Posted by bigrushdog

Smali/baksmali needs to be updated to support honeycomb
They cannot be updated until hc source is released.

As I mentioned, these tools have already been fixed (to some degree):

C:\anddev>java -jar baksmali.jar -d c:\anddev\xoomdump\framework\ -x Music2.odex -o Music_deodex

C:\anddev>java -jar smali.jar Music_deodex -o Music.dex

C:\anddev>apktool d -f framework-res.apk framework-res-hc-test
I: Loading resource table...
I: Loaded.
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...
I: Done.
I: Copying assets and libs...

C:\anddev>apktool b framework-res-hc-test framework-res-hc-test.apk
W: Could not find sources
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building apk file...

C:\anddev>

They do not work perfectly. What is not shown in the log is several manual fixes to the files. They work quite well though. Here is a screenshot to show the streaming music manager after enabling (broken) streaming in Music2.odex and recompiling + reodexing:



I also have a thread demonstrating framework-res changes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1015857

I've made a few posts about this but nobody seemed to care too much.

Note: The author of baksmali does not recommend recompiling apps deodexed using this version

Originally Posted by sangreal06

As I mentioned, these tools have already been fixed (to some degree):



They do not work perfectly. What is not shown in the log is several manual fixes to the files. They work quite well though. Here is a screenshot to show the streaming music manager after enabling (broken) streaming in Music2.odex and recompiling + reodexing:



I also have a thread demonstrating framework-res changes: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1015857

I've made a few posts about this but nobody seemed to care too much.

Note: The author of baksmali does not recommend recompiling apps deodexed using this version

Yeah I saw your posted from your other thread but I'm not that edumicated to use that tool you mentioned. That is why I was trying to use the APK Manager.

I don't use APK Manager, so I don't know about that. I believe it is a wrapper around apktool though, so you should be able to just replace apktool.jar in the APK Manager folder