How to decompile an APK or DEX file on Android platform

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Is it possible to decompile an APK package or DEX file on Android platform  Are there any tools that can decompile an APK file

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You can also use the apktool  http   ibotpeaches github io Apktool  which will also give you the xml res files  Along with that you can also use the dex2jar system which will output the dex file in the apk to a jar file that can be opened with JD-GUI and exported to standard java files

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Also you can use Android Multitool  You can make minor changes in the app like hiding GUI elements or modifying small part of Logic and rebuild the apk  Its easy to use and decompile recompile apk and jar files  Here is the Link you can checkout    Cheers

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You need Three Tools to decompile an APK file         Dex2jar - Tools to work with android  dex and java  class files   ApkTool - A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files   JD-GUI - Java Decompiler is a tools to decompile and analyze Java 5    byte code    and the later versions       for more how-to-use-dextojar  Hope this will help You and all

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An APK is just in zip format  You can unzip it like any other  zip file   You can decompile  dex files using the dexdump tool  which is provided in the Android SDK   See https   stackoverflow com a 7750547 116938 for more dex info

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Online APK Decompiler  http   www decompileandroid com  https   www decompiler com  APK Decompiler App for Windows http   forum xda-developers com showthread php t 2493107  Update 2015 12 04 ClassyShark you can open APK Zip Class Jar files and analyze their contents  https   github com google android-classyshark Update 2021 1 28 https   ibotpeaches github io Apktool   https   github com skylot jadx

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I have created a tool that combines dex2jar  jd-core and apktool  https   github com dirkvranckaert AndroidDecompiler Just checkout the project locally and run the script as documented and you ll get all the resources and sources decompiled

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You can decompile an apk on Android device using this   https   play google com store apps details id com njlabs showjava  For more info look here  http   forum xda-developers com showthread php t 2601315  EDIT  28-02-2015  For decompiling an apk you can use this tool  https   apkstudio codeplex com license  If that doesnt help check this link

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http   www decompileandroid com   This website will decompile the code embedded in APK files and extract all the other assets in the file

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