So I've been currently stumbling across old games I've been playing on my android mobile devices as a kid. Since nostalgia overwhelmed me, I went to the GooglePlaystore to Install a certain Game again, I couldn't find it at first, so I used an external link to the Game in the Playstore, installed it then, just to see a Notification in the Home Screen, that the game has shut down and is "no longer playable". Yeah screw that. I found an APK of it, after hours of seraching, that is working, however the Game is completely offline...which is totally fine, except for the fact that I would like to increase the Ingame Currency. Now the question is, is it possible to mod those? I can't use a free in app pirchase mod, sincs, as i said, game is offline so I can't even click on the offers.
I will be forever grateful to everyone who can help my with that, since I am unfortunately still at the beginning of my road in modding. Thanks and have a good day!
I'd be happy if someone could suggest a solution because I also have a nostalgia for a few games. However, I think this case needs a hack and without the right skills it's impossible.
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Decompile an APK, modify it and then recompile it
I need to modify an existing APK, modify the sources and then recompile it. I can decompile it using dex2jar or apktool, it's working great From the jar file I can obtain the java sources (using ...
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Title says most of it, but has anyone considered making a plugin for either IDE to make it easier to work with smali (tracing through methods so you can ctrl+click on them to find where they area located, intellisense, syntax highlighting, dependency checking, etc?
I don't have any experience building FOR IDEs, but that's certainly something I'd be willing to test. It could probably be another command line tool, but it has to start somewhere; I run apktool in VMware Xubuntu and my IDEs in Windows (or OSX)...
android-studio
Now that android-studio, which is IntelliJ IDEA with android plug-ins, becomes Google's new standard IDE, the idea gets more interesting again. I just started exploring the Xposed framework, and a plug-in for android-studio offering even code completion to Xposed helpers and functions based on smali code would be awesome and something I'd be willing to help developing
For pure reverse-engineering I know that many like Virtuous Ten Studio. But I see the future in App modding using the Xposed framework. Just much more transparent and portable! As an example, I use Whatsapp+ - but I only get updates when the Whatsapp+ dev has time to decompile an upstream Whatsapp update, applies his mods again, compiles it, and releases it. Now if he rewrote Whatsapp+ as a Xposed mod that would mod the original Whatsapp app, that would be different, as the mod would probably immediately work for an update, too.
Oh and also, Virtuous Ten Studio is Windows software. I am a pure Linux user, and IntelliJ works on all major platforms, so this is another advantage
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But I see the future in App modding using the Xposed framework. Just much more transparent and portable!
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There is another runtime modification framework called cydia substrate by Jay Freeman aka Saurik. Before anyone cries foul and claims all that Jay did was copy Xposed please have a read of Jay Freeman's well written description of cydia substrate.
Since I cannot post links because of some anti-spam policy, please find the link by searching for 'cydia substrate vs xposed' in google. One of the first hits you will find is on the cydiasubstrate domain.
I agree with you; runtime modification is definitely where the future is for modifications.
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There is another runtime modification framework called cydia substrate by Jay Freeman aka Saurik. Before anyone cries foul and claims all that Jay did was copy Xposed please have a read of Jay Freeman's well written description of cydia substrate.
Since I cannot post links because of some anti-spam policy, please find the link by searching for 'cydia substrate vs xposed' in google. One of the first hits you will find is on the cydiasubstrate domain.
I agree with you; runtime modification is definitely where the future is for modifications.
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I know about substrate, just by accident happened to start coding with Xposed. But I actually don't care, may the better framework win So let me restate what I said, just like you said, to runtime modification is where the future for modding is heading
Probably a simple solution for this, however I'm new to making applications and this is frustrating me.
I made a couple of simple apps to view a couple of websites for a work project (we are giving away a couple of tablets for a promotion and want our websites pre-installed in app format).
I just used app inventor to make them as they are really simple. However app inventor won't let me save the apps with spaces or other characters in the name.
The 2 apps just need to be renamed to show as their names when installed "Haystack Info" and "Moore & Scarry". As you can see my current naming is kinda lame and my boss wants it changed.
here are the apks:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/xh5b3jwu20qdzni/MooreandScarry.apk
http://www.mediafire.com/file/e94duy7urtsytk4/Haystack_Info.apk
I already tried using marketizer but that kept giving me errors, same with "app to market".
Any help is much appreciated
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anyone? I've searched around and I'm not having any luck with this. I tried de-compiling the apps and editing the manifest but I'm having issues recompiling it
Hi folks,
I need help with an app I've created. First, it's worth mentioning that I'm not a developer (I'm a graphic designer) and I've created the app today with Conduit Mobile, an easy app dev platform for noobs like myself. We're initially using this app to see if it gains enough interest to justify hiring a real life developer.
During compiling the app, Conduit messed two things up. The app PNG icon no longer has a clear background and the splash screen has been stretched and watermarked with their logo.
So I figured I'd just open the APK in WinRAR and replace the two images.
Obviously now installation fails and I can't reupload the modified APK to the Play Store and I'm guessing that's to do with signing?
I've tried three different signing methods but honestly I have no idea what I'm doing, or even why.
Any help would be appreciated.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...16.app&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Do not modify the png file names.
Sign it with eclipse and download android sdk
Jrcon said:
Do not modify the png file names.
Sign it with eclipse and download android sdk
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I haven't modified the PNG names. I already have the SDK and just installed Eclipse but I still have no idea.
I don't mind if someone wants to do it for me! I'll buy you a beer.
www.dnbr.org/app/DNBR Mobile 0.5.1.apk
Edit: I'm a genius. I done it with a little android app called ZipSigner 2
Double Edit: **** knows!
hello. i am interested in how to mod an apk for offline capability.
for example, Asphalt 8 game, is now version 1.2.1b i have searched offline mods, i only find "unlimited money". i just want offline, no money, no nothing.
i have apktool, i have java development, i have signapk, i have software for apk midification. can you guys help me? either make my apk offline, or tell me how to do it?
It's not simple and depends on the app. If you're asking I suppose you have no idea how an app actually works? If so, there isn't much you can do…
Basically, you need to look for the relevant checks and modify/remove them.
GermainZ said:
It's not simple and depends on the app. If you're asking I suppose you have no idea how an app actually works? If so, there isn't much you can do…
Basically, you need to look for the relevant checks and modify/remove them.
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i do know how apk's work, in fact i have decompiled and modified a fiew, signed and all such. but only minor stuff in resources or xml. i did not touch the smali. now the problem is i have no idea for what strings to search. except the "enable internet check" and some lines. but i suspect that's not all. because after i modified that, the building gave me 6 errors.
First I'm sorry for my English's mistakes,I'm brazilian.There are a long time ago that I already knew about xda site but I just joined in it now because I need a lot help into apk development.I develop games in Construct 2(paid) for Android but when I finish my game in the program I get a HTML version of it and sent to Adobe Phonegap because like this I can get a apk without the boring problems of make it in ConcoonJS.My problem is when it get back the apk because the apk comes just like a ''raw'' project.What I want to mean is that the apk by the way doesn't come with a icon/logo(I think that like this it must come without the name of the company for instance too-n other words just a apk with a log ''build app'' and the game).In Unity we can put icon,name of company,compatibity and another things but I prefer to make in Construct my game because Unity is more complex than.SO what I want is a program that can give these informations for my developeds apks.
Thanks A LOT to everybody that answers my question!
Instead of using PhoneGap, try to use Intel XDK and use Crosswalk as the wrapper for the game. Much less issues and you have better control over versions and plugins. Plus, it's free for unlimited apps, unlike phonegap.