If I have a *.apk that I download, is there anyway to backup/extract it?
The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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Right but how do I find the *.apk if I am downloading it off of the market?
apps are located in data/app/
There are also various apps in the market that will backup apps.
I use appmonster incedently.
7zip can extract and view contents of an apk without renaming.
backup and reinstalling apps....
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I used MyBackup Pro to do a backup of my apps onto the sd card, then I used ASTRO file manager to navigate to /sdcard/rerware/MyBackup/AllAppsBackups where I found the file LastBackupApps.zip. I then used androzip or something similar to unzip that file and it contained the apk for every one of the apps I backed up.
how to extract .apk.p files
ghostfaced said:
The apk is really just a ZIP file. Try renaming the file to whatever.apk.zip and open using your favorite ZIP utility. You should be able to view all the contents. Resources (such as images) can be extracted. The java code is compiled into a .dex file so you can't view the raw code, but there are utilities (like this one) to decompile it: http://dedexer.sourceforge.net/
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I have a zip file with .apk.p files in it which are exracted with package_extract_file in the updater script. Is there a way to manually extract these, since renaming to .zip doesn't help if I open them with any unzipper program?
Thanks
lxrose said:
I have a zip file with .apk.p files in it which are exracted with package_extract_file in the updater script. Is there a way to manually extract these, since renaming to .zip doesn't help if I open them with any unzipper program?
Thanks
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I believe the files you are referring to - the files ending in ".p" - are "patch" files. They only appear in the OTA download .zip file, and they are worthless to you. They are not complete files, but just enough data to patch the corresponding 1.5 app .apk so that it turns into the 2.1 version.
If you want the complete .apk files which they correspond to, just download the Leak-V3 .zip file, extract the "system.img" file, and then unpack that file using the "unyaffs" utility (search for it, you'll find it at code.Google.com).
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bftb0 said:
I believe the files you are referring to - the files ending in ".p" - are "patch" files. They only appear in the OTA download .zip file, and they are worthless to you. They are not complete files, but just enough data to patch the corresponding 1.5 app .apk so that it turns into the 2.1 version.
If you want the complete .apk files which they correspond to, just download the Leak-V3 .zip file, extract the "system.img" file, and then unpack that file using the "unyaffs" utility (search for it, you'll find it at code.Google.com).
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Thanks for the info. I thought I can update the apk files manually, because from recovery it doesn't work (it is a rooted image, so signature not accepted) and there are some fixes in the new update that I wanted to give a chance.
Unable to install ddx1.14.jar in my HTC wildire
I hve downloaded dexeder.jar file in to my SD card. but i can't install it in my HTC wildfire...
it shows an error...
"ddx1.14.jar cannot be installed because critical information is missing from the application file (MIDlet-Name). Please contact the application provider for more information."
Help me Pls..... Thanks in advance.....
apk download
did you search for the apk online?
Im developing a custom kernel. I was wondering now that i have my boot.img and drivers is there a way to pack them for installtion in a flashable .zip? I basically want to supply features to an existing rom. with custom kernel and shell scripts. I would like ot to be easy for others to install. Google didnt turn up much about this. Any info or links would be greatly appreciated!
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Have the drivers put into folders in this fashion. system/lib/modules the drivers being in the modules folder. The boot.img is in the root of the zip along with the META-INF and system folders. The META-INF folder consists of this order META-INF/com/google/android and in the android folder contains the update-binary and updater-script files. The update-binary is specific to whatever device you have. The updater-script is to be edited by a text editor to tell how to flash. Look through other flashable zips to see the syntax of the updater-script.
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Thank you this is allot simpler than i expected. I thought i was going to need some kind of Kitchen or tools to build the META stuff and scripts!
The only thing im still fuzzy on is the directory structure of the zip file lets say i have these three files boot.img, /system/bin/modules/wirless.ko, and /system/bin/remount.sh the zip should look like this:
-/boot.img
-/META-INF/obviously more to this dir just a quick layout
-/system/bin/remount.sh
-/system/lib/modules/wirless.ko
and if i wanted to throw anything else in there i would just add the directory with the new files in it as needed and any will /data, /mnt/sd-ext, whatever
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anybody can give te META-INF folder contents of v20b..... im unable to find it....
Hi guys,
just a quick question for you all. Are flashable zip files universal across all devices?
In other words, if I had a zip file that replaced the framework-res.apk, would it work on any phone or tablet? I know the app wouldn't, but would the zip file?
Thanks!
depends on the updater- script
So if I had a script that just copied the contents of the system/app folder from the zip file to the phone, that would work? I don't want to do anything complicated, it's mainly for replacing apk's.
I'm looking for an app can edit files inside zip (or apk) without extracting it. For java, there was a program called Mini Commander, which could do that. For Android I could't find one. All zip programs can just extract and repack. So is there any program supports inside zip file management?