Can you decompile APK with just renameing it to the ZIP or RAR files.
Then you can extract it and you get all the files inside the apk.
then you can edit xml files and simply rename it back to APK.
I was just wondering is this right and safe way or you shouldn't decompile it like that?
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hello all
I was trying to edit the framework-res.apk which can be found in system/framework/framework-res.apk
this file holds alot of images that you can edit (e.g slider, incoming call, icons etc...) framework-res.apk\framework-res.apk\res\drawable-mdpi folder
i edited the png's jog_dial_bg_rev_down.png and jog_dial_bg_rev.png
they are the call slider revamped (just removed the shadows so it doesnt cover the incoming call)
i have used apk edit, Apk manager, APK sign and everytime i build the framework-res.apk and move it to the system/framework/ folder
everytime i move the file my phone either gets bricks, bootloops or get tons of force close down of some apps
has anyone got any solutions how to edit framework-res.apk without all this bricking bs?
i have uploaded the edited images for the sliders on Slider_Revamped.rar
When you sing apk than you need to replace :
Meta-inf and recourse.so from original framework-res.apk.
You just open both frameworks with 7zip and drag from original to edited
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Eyama said:
When you sing apk than you need to replace :
Meta-inf and recourse.so from original framework-res.apk.
You just open both frameworks with 7zip and drag from original to edited
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i had same issue.. thanx will try
Download "NinjaMorph" off of the market, it decompiles any APK, TAR whatever and allows you to replace any file (including XMLs if you like) from the APK with those on your SD. What I do is decompile the APK then plug my phone in and navigate to where NinjaMorph decompiled the APK to on the SD, which is "AndroidThemes", do the editing on my PC then disconnect the phone, recompile the APK and it automatically pushes the APK to wherever you pulled it from. I've used it many times when I've been messing with frameworkres, it works every time.
Does this method also work with .9.patched files?
christophermaisch said:
Download "NinjaMorph" off of the market, it decompiles any APK, TAR whatever and allows you to replace any file (including XMLs if you like) from the APK with those on your SD. What I do is decompile the APK then plug my phone in and navigate to where NinjaMorph decompiled the APK to on the SD, which is "AndroidThemes", do the editing on my PC then disconnect the phone, recompile the APK and it automatically pushes the APK to wherever you pulled it from. I've used it many times when I've been messing with frameworkres, it works every time.
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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
nickiberli said:
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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I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or missing a step but I'm trying to get my status bar transparent following this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523703
I'm using wanams apk manager, I make the changes to the statusbar.smali file and the xml files, I compile and it doesn't work on my phone, so I decompiled the modified apk, and the changes to the xml files went through but the smali files go back to the originals.
when compiling I use yes on Is this a system apk, yes to copy additional files, go to keep, delete resources.arsc and finish.
It happens with any smali file when I compile, I use notepad++ to edit the files.
Solved: So what I ended up doing since my xml files were saving but my smali files weren't, kindof a noob so I didn't realize that when compiling it asks to copy over files and the classes.dex file was overwriting all my changes to the smali files, so I compiled and when it asks to delete files from the keep folder I took the classes.dex from that folder, decompiled it seperatly made the changes to the smali files there. I still deleted my resources.arsc, then I finished making the apk opened the apk and replaced the classes.dex there with my modified one. pushed to my phone and everything works perfectly.
I don't know how it works for other files but try applying the same method somehow; When decompiling and recompiling framework-res.apk, there is a resources.arsc file that is created and placed inside a build folder under the original decompiled folder. Drag that resources.arsc to the NEW apk file you have, and it will work.
I assume you're decompiling a .jar file so maybe it's a classes.dex file. If there is a newly compiled one under some build folder, try placing it into the new .jar file. Make sure the compression method is STORE, or 0 if it's a scale. Try out some combos until it works out.
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Solved: So what I ended up doing since my xml files were saving but my smali files weren't, kindof a noob so I didn't realize that when compiling it asks to copy over files and the classes.dex file was overwriting all my changes to the smali files, so I compiled and when it asks to delete files from the keep folder I took the classes.dex from that folder, decompiled it seperatly made the changes to the smali files there. I still deleted my resources.arsc, then I finished making the apk opened the apk and replaced the classes.dex there with my modified one. pushed to my phone and everything works perfectly.
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Just delete the classes.dex from keep folder and press enter in apk manager menu.. and you're done
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systemui with smali
in the whole forum not an any solution for compiling with smali
Hi, Deodexing an Odexed App is very simple. There are many tools for deodexing like the Famous Ultimate Deodexer . How about Odexing back an App without its original odex file? How could we odex it? Here's what I did to get all our problem solved:
1.) First of all, explore your Apk file using WinRar or 7zip, search for its classes.dex file. When you see one, proceed to the other step. When there's no classes.dex in your .apk file, I'm sorry, that App cannot be odexed.
2.) The next step is to extract the classes.dex file from that Apk by dragging it out. Then rename it to ["Appname".odex](Make sure you name Appname.odex the same as your Package Name.
Ex. CHATOn_MARKET.odex--->CHATOn_MARKET.apk
3.)Download Deodexer-Odexer-Tool_v1.00. I can't share the link. Just google it
4.) Extract the downloaded files. Pull framework dependencies. (I feel lazy about this common sense needed
5.) Move the .apk and .odex file you've just made in the "put-file-here" folder of Deodexer-Odexer-Tool_v1.00. Copy again the .apk file to the "finish" folder and rename it to "Deodexed_Appname.apk".
6.) Open "Deodexer-Odexer-Tool.bat" now deodex your apk file. Its just simple, read and understand the onscreen instructions.
7.) Last Step: Push your .apk file to your phone.
Hope I helped you.
For odexing apps i recommend Lucky Patcher, is the only app that actually odex my apps
How to recompile a decomiled .APK?
Well, i'm not good in these stuff but if you decompiled it with a zip software, maybe you can rezip all folders and archives into a zip file and then change the extension from .zip to .apk.
dj4v1n45h said:
How to recompile a decomiled .APK?
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Don't start one thread to ask how to decompile and then start another to ask how to recompile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295002