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Powerful android apk resources editor

This tool uses ARSCLib to edit any apk resources and has six main features

java -jar APKEditor.jar -h

ShellSession $ java -jar APKEditor.jar -h APKEditor - x.x.x Using: ARSCLib-x.x.x https://github.com/REAndroid/APKEditor Android binary resource files editor Usage: java -jar APKEditor.jar <command> <args> commands: 1) d | decode - Decodes android resources binary to readable json 2) b | build - Builds android binary from json 3) m | merge - Merges split apk files from directory or XAPK, APKM, APKS ... 4) x | refactor - Refactors obfuscated resource names 5) p | protect - Protects/Obfuscates apk resource 6) info - Prints information of apk run with <command> -h to get detailed help about each command

1- Decompile

• Decompiles resources of apk to human readable json string.
• Decompiles resources of apk to XML source code (for un-obfuscated apk only). Use -t xml
  java -jar APKEditor.jar d -i path/to/your-file.apk

$ java -jar APKEditor.jar d -i test.apk -o test_json
00.000 I: [DECOMPILE] Decompiling ...
 Input: test.apk
Output: test_json
 ---------------------------- 
00.036 I: [DECOMPILE] Loading ...
00.129 I: [DECOMPILE] Decompiling to json ...
30.093 I: [DECOMPILE] Done

2- Build

Builds back to apk from decompiled json/XML files

java -jar APKEditor.jar b -i path/to/decompiled-directory

ShellSession $ java -jar APKEditor.jar b -i test_json -o test_edited.apk 00.000 I: [BUILD] Building ... Input: test_json/base Output: test_edited.apk ---------------------------- 00.048 I: [BUILD] Scanning directory ... 00.247 I: [BUILD] Writing apk... 22.032 [BUILD] Writing: method=STORED total=284921526 bytes : resources.arsc 25.009 I: [BUILD] Zip align ... 27.101 I: [BUILD] Saved to: test_edited.apk 30.217 I: [BUILD] Done

3- Merge

Merges multiple splitted apk files (directory, xapk, apkm, apks ...) to standalone apk

java -jar APKEditor.jar m -i path/to/input

ShellSession $ java -jar APKEditor.jar m -i apk_files 00.049 I: [MERGE] Merging ... Input: apk_files Output: apk_files_merged.apk ---------------------------- 00.050 I: [MERGE] Searching apk files ... 00.060 I: [MERGE] Found apk files: 3 00.192 I: [MERGE] Found modules: 3 00.302 I: [MERGE] Merging: base 00.307 I: [MERGE] Added [base] classes.dex -> classes.dex 00.308 I: [MERGE] Merging resource table: base 01.302 I: [MERGE] Merging: config.xxhdpi-1 01.304 I: [MERGE] Merging resource table: config.xxhdpi-1 01.386 [MERGE] tum_ic_visibility_white_24.png 01.386 I: [MERGE] Merging: config.arm64_v8a-1 01.390 [MERGE] : lib/arm64-v8a/libnativeai.so 01.475 I: [MERGE] Sanitizing manifest ... 01.478 I: [MERGE] Removed: extractNativeLibs 01.480 I: [MERGE] Removed: isSplitRequired 01.480 I: [MERGE] Writing apk... 03.686 [MERGE] Writing: total=47693672 bytes : resources.arsc 03.729 I: [MERGE] Zip align ... 04.611 I: [MERGE] Saved to: apk_files_merged.apk 04.700 I: [MERGE] Done

4- Refactor

Refactors obfuscated resource entry names

java -jar APKEditor.jar x -i path/to/input.apk

ShellSession $ java -jar APKEditor.jar x -i input.apk 00.000 I: [REFACTOR] Refactoring ... Input: input.apk Output: input_refactored.apk ---------------------------- 00.017 I: [REFACTOR] Loading apk: input.apk 00.952 I: [REFACTOR] Renamed entries: 5888 00.954 I: [REFACTOR] Writing apk ... 03.268 [REFACTOR] Writing: total=47589184 bytes : resources.arsc 03.350 I: [REFACTOR] Zip align ... 03.504 I: [REFACTOR] Saved to: input_refactored.apk 03.504 I: [REFACTOR] Done

5- Protect

Protects apk resources against almost all known decompile/modify tools.

java -jar APKEditor.jar p -i path/to/input.apk

ShellSession 00.026 I: [PROTECT] Protecting ... Input: test.apk Output: test_protected.apk ---------------------------- 00.027 I: [PROTECT] Loading apk file ... 00.052 I: [PROTECT] Protecting files .. 00.454 I: [PROTECT] Protecting resource table .. 00.474 I: [PROTECT] Writing apk ... 02.264 [PROTECT] Writing: total=47654392 bytes : resources.arsc 02.346 I: [PROTECT] Zip align ... 02.451 I: [PROTECT] Saved to: test_protected.apk 02.451 I: [PROTECT] Done

6- Info (⭐NEW⭐)

Prints/dumps from basic up to detailed information of apk.

java -jar APKEditor.jar info -v -resources -i input.apk

ShellSession Package name=com.mypackage id=0x7f type string id=1 entryCount=1 resource 0x7f010000 string/app_name () My Application (-de) Meine Bewerbung (-ru-rRU) Мое заявление type mipmap id=2 entryCount=1 resource 0x7f020000 mipmap/ic_launcher_round () res/mipmap/ic_launcher_round.png type drawable id=3 entryCount=1 resource 0x7f030000 drawable/ic_launcher () #006400

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Build executable jar

./gradlew fatJar

ShellSession # NB: Due to my lazyness , the dependency ARSCLib.jar is pre-built and placed under APKEditor/libs/ARSCLib.jar or you can build yourself and replace it. git clone https://github.com/REAndroid/APKEditor cd APKEditor ./gradlew fatJar # Executable jar will be placed ./build/libs/APKEditor-x.x.x.jar

Downloads

• Latest release with pre-built executable jar

Contribute

• Everyone is so welcome in this project, if you have some code improvements please make a pull request
• Please share your ideas / thoughts in discussions
• Please create issue you faced while using this tool along with your apk

Contact

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