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APKTool

https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool

Open Source ◆ Kali Linux

Categories

Reverse Engineering

Description

Tool for reverse engineering Android APK files. Decodes resources to their original form, rebuilds decoded resources back to APK. Supports smali/baksmali for Dalvik bytecode manipulation.

Keywords

Android APK smali decompile recompile resource extraction mobile Dalvik

Example Usage

apktool d application.apk -o output/
apktool b output/ -o repackaged.apk
# Sign: jarsigner -keystore key.jks repackaged.apk alias