To decompiling and android APK file you require to use a tool name
APKTool
.To decompile follow these commands:
apktool d <APK Name>
To recompile:
apktool b <APP PATH>
Look at some important switch of this tool:
-r or --no-res
With this switch
apktool
does not decompile everything is in resources.arsc
and AndroidManifest.xml
files.--force-manifest
Decode the APK's compiled manifest, even if decoding of resources is set to "false".
-s or --no-src
With this switch
apktool
does not decompile classes.dex
files.
