anyone can tell me how to edit apk files and change the name of applications.
and how to use apkedit application.
To start with APK files are just zip files. Rename the extension from .APK to .zip and u would b able extract it. I will post more as soon as get on a PC.
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hey still i want more information about how to edit apk files and change the name of the application
Never done it, but this might me helpful: http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
Doesn't get much easier than Apk Edit
thanks for the help everyone but still anyone can give more information then please post
Download
http://code.google.com/p/android-ap...ame=apktool-install-windows-2.2_r01-3.tar.bz2
Extract it using your favoirate zip application.
Requirements:
* JRE 1.6 (Java Runtime Environment)
Get the apk file which u wanna hack in the folder where you have extracted the apktool. (Like c:\apktool)
Rename the .apk to .zip and extract it. (talk.apk is now talk.zip and after extraction we have folder talk)
You will find AndroidManifest.xml in that folder.
Open it with Notepad++ (I prefer Notepad++)
You will find android:label and the name of app and icon details and many more thing change all you want but dont mess up the structure.
open command prompt then cd to the folder where you have extracted apktool. then type .
apktool.bat b "folder name" "APK name" . (Eg. apktool.bat b talk notalk.apk)
Tip: If you are not getting me i think you shouldnt do it......
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EDIT: Figured it out.
Care to share?
Yeah, will be nice if you could share this information with others
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Yeah, will be nice if you could share this information with others
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Man, I hate it when people do that...
1. Search for APK Manager in XDA and install it on your PC
2. Download and Install the Android SDK kit on your PC
3. Follow the instructions for APK Manager and place the APK file in the modding folder
4. Open APK Manager and select Decompile APK (Your APK file will be placed in a separate folder for you to work on)
5. Change what you want to change in the APK
6. Recompile the APK and sign it (unless it's a system file like framework, those are not signed)
A lot more is involved in modding an APK file and you really should know something about how the files inside the APK work before you go changing things, but in a nutshell, that's the basics.
Hope that helps!
What I have learned.
I had a specific question, but here is what I can tell you.
1. Setup APK Manager, it saves a lot of command line typing.
2. Pretty much always use option 9 and 11, never 1 or 3.
3. If you are simply changing graphics and not smali or XML files, don't use this, open it in 7zip and drag the files. Decompiling changes the image darkness sometimes.
4. Unless you are working on your own apk file, always say yes to 'is it a system apk', when it asks you to keep existing files, say yes. Delete from the 'keep' folder what you edited.
5. If you edit XLM files, delete resources.arsc from the file, this is where they all get compiled to.
6. You can use this for jar files, just rename to apk then back to jar when finished.
7. If you get an error try using option 20 to increase the memory to 1024.
8. If you edit jar files, delete classes.dex in the 'keep' folder when compiling.
9. Treat all files as signed system files (as noted above) and you will be much safer. If the file has a signature on it, this will save it.
Thanks for the info
Is there anything that can install system files. They won't install with ap manager so does it have to be pushed?
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Hello,
What program do I use to open an apk file?
I want to modify an apk file and then save it.
thanks
I think you just put it on your computer, rename it from .apk to .zip
extract.
There ya go.
IDK but you may have to sign it somehow again, but im not sure if you even need to.
Or just use winrar and open it.
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I grabbed APK Manager from the development section. More for theming, but powerful.
How to decompile an apk file
use 7-zip if all you want to do is replace images and already edited xml's
Anyone mind sharing a link or some directions on skinnning themes?
I've had someone give me these instructions:
1) extract/Decompile the .apk file you want to MOD or make changes to. Use m10 editor for this.Select the option "decomplie all"
2) Minimize the m10 editor, and open the folder where you m10 editor is installed. There you would find a folder with the name of the .apk file you just decomplied. Go to folder assests>"base theme name">drawble>shared folder.
3) now select the .png files you want to edit. Install Paint.net, and edit with them, it was easy process for me. Remeber to "flip image vertical" after you are done with editing.
4) now go back to m10 editor, and Save the file.
5) You should have AndroidSDK installed.If not, do it. Then go to the folder where you have installed it. open the "autosign" file. It will open command prompt. There select the option to sign the file manually. Give the path for the file. It will sign it then. Exit from that program.
6) you are done, you can install it now.
I've gotten this far, but i can't find out how to change these 3 things below:
In de-compiled files changes have to b made in three places.
1. Androidmanifest.xml (name of package). how do u change this?
2. Res\values\strings.xml (name of theme). how/where do u change this?
3. Assets\shared(change this to theme name) h0w/where do u change this?
Also everytime I replace the background images, when I recompile it, my background images don't stay.
Any help would be much appreciated...
okay so i hate to tell you to download something else but i use .apk manager and it is a lot more straight forward.
decompile the apk using that.
go into the projects folder, you will see the Androidmanifest.xml
what are you trying to change in there exactly? if its just icons things like that those are easy but if you are trying to change the packageID it will just cause FC's
strings.xml hangs out in the following
projects->*.apk(this will be the name of what you decompiled)->res->values->strings.xml
then go into the xml and it will have a line with the name of the apk that you can change
assets has it's own folder i haven't hung out in there at all i haven't really had a need but it is in the same file tree with the res folder
now the issue upon recompiling, when doing the recompile in apk manager press y and y to the 2 options, it will create a keep folder go into that and delete the classes.dex if you messed with any images in the drawable folders, and the resources.arsc if you changed any of the xmls. then go into the keep directories sub folders and delete the items you changed then finish the compiling
sorry if i am not the best at explaining this
Yes, what exactly do you want to change? Taskbar and other icons are very easy to do, however, I haven't done any M10 files, yet.
In the manifest you need to change the name of the apk to what you are naming it. you will see a line which will have package="com.htc.skin."apkname".
So for my zombie skin example my line says "com.htc.skin.zombie"
Also to that point what ever you name it you need to navigate to the foler that holds the m10 file and change the folder to the same name or the m10 file wont be used.
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In the manifest you need to change the name of the apk to what you are naming it. you will see a line which will have package="com.htc.skin."apkname".
So for my zombie skin example my line says "com.htc.skin.zombie"
Also to that point what ever you name it you need to navigate to the foler that holds the m10 file and change the folder to the same name or the m10 file wont be used.
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exactly the same, boy did that drive me nutty for a few days!!
jkrough0728 said:
In the manifest you need to change the name of the apk to what you are naming it. you will see a line which will have package="com.htc.skin."apkname".
So for my zombie skin example my line says "com.htc.skin.zombie"
Also to that point what ever you name it you need to navigate to the foler that holds the m10 file and change the folder to the same name or the m10 file wont be used.
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using apk manager are u guys decompiling using option 9 or 10 and if ur using option 10 what framework are u dragging into it?
keedog said:
using apk manager are u guys decompiling using option 9 or 10 and if ur using option 10 what framework are u dragging into it?
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I use apktool but if your using manager it would be 9.
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I got this figured out already, sorry about that.
Who ever thanked me, I wasn't posting a guide but a question.
I am trying from a fresh firmware base to learn from scratch but no idea how to get that framework to compile correctly.
did you install framework first?
Code:
apktool if framework-res.apk
Easy
I had problems with the apk tool and recompiling. The way I ended up doing it is:
I didnt decompile the framework-res.apk.
rename the file framework-res.apk.zip
open it with 7zip.
Extract the files you are wanting to work on
Do what ever work on the files you need done
Drag and drop the files back in the directories they go into while file is open in 7zip
Close 7zip
Rename file back to framework-res.apk
push to phone with adb
No decompile or recompile.
Hope this helps
Chadw1985 said:
I had problems with the apk tool and recompiling. The way I ended up doing it is:
I didnt decompile the framework-res.apk.
rename the file framework-res.apk.zip
open it with 7zip.
Extract the files you are wanting to work on
Do what ever work on the files you need done
Drag and drop the files back in the directories they go into while file is open in 7zip
Close 7zip
Rename file back to framework-res.apk
push to phone with adb
No decompile or recompile.
Hope this helps
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If you just want to modify one of the 'normal' XML files or an image then that approach will work fine. The problem is he wants to edit the bool.xml file and that is contained in the 'resources.asrc' file and you need to decompile it first.
I am in the same situation although someone managed to edit the file for me and recompile it so I got there in the end, just not by doing it myself.
I followed the instructions you describe and the file never recompiled properly - or at least my device never booted with the one I recompiled
Try it like this:
1. Place APK in "place-apk-here-for-modding"
2. Choose "9" to Decompile
3. Grab resource "resources.arsc" from framework-res.apk
4. Do my edit in projects\framework-res.apk\res\values\bools.xml
5. Compile - Yes (system app) - Yes (copy files)
6. Go to "keep" folder and delete "resources.arsc" and the bools.xml file
7. Press any key
8. Either push by ADB or Root Explorer or Flash
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Try it like this:
1. Place APK in "place-apk-here-for-modding"
2. Choose "9" to Decompile
3. Grab resource "resources.arsc" from framework-res.apk
4. Do my edit in projects\framework-res.apk\res\values\bools.xml
5. Compile - Yes (system app) - Yes (copy files)
6. Go to "keep" folder and delete "resources.arsc" and the bools.xml file
7. Press any key
8. Either push by ADB or Root Explorer or Flash
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I have tried exactly like this and it didn't work for me. I downloaded lots of different APK tools and tried them all - there were comments about using older versions of apktool.jar etc. I kept getting different sizes of the output file depending on which one I used. I gave up in the end as someone edited the file for me and it was only one specific entry in bool.xmls I wanted changing. As far I could tell we were both doing exactly the same thing.
The last thing I said I was going to do was wipe the PC I was attempting to do this on. I never got round to doing it... I'd be interested to know why I could never get this working though
Andy
Give me the framework and tell me what u want to do.
I will do that for u
Btw is the framework ICS based?
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ok heres my problem, i downloaded apk multi-tool, and everything was working right, but after few days, i tried to modified this app, but whenever i apply the option "decompile" the cmd window close by itself, without saying theres an error... do you guys have any idea about whats going on???
I'm no expert, but this is how I used to decompile APKs:
1) Rename the file "ABC.apk" to "ABC.zip"
2) Open the zip file
3) Copy out the file "classes.dex"
4) Use dex2jar (search Google for some tutorials) to convert it into a jar file
5) Use jd-gui (search Google for some tutorials) to decompile the jar file
the apk tool from Google or apkmulti which one did u use sir ..??
i fixed my problem, one of them was the system variables path "C\\windows\system32" the 2nd was because there was an space in the name of the apk i was trying to decompile.. thank you for taking your time to answer...