[decompiler] how to use DEXtoJar

1. old link

   • the link http://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/downloads/list is old, it will redirect to https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar

2. dex2jar syntax

   • in https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar, you can see your expected usage/syntax:
   • sh d2j-dex2jar.sh -f ~/path/to/apk_to_decompile.apk
   • can convert from apk to jar.

3. want dex to jar

   • if you have dex file (eg. using FDex2 dump from a running android apk/app), then you can:
   • sh d2j-dex2jar.sh -f ~/path/to/dex_to_decompile.dex
   • can got the converted jar from dex.
   • example:
   • /xxx/dex-tools-2.1-SNAPSHOT/d2j-dex2jar.sh -f com.huili.readingclub8825612.dex dex2jar com.huili.readingclub8825612.dex -> ./com.huili.readingclub8825612-dex2jar.jar

4. want jar to java src

   • if you continue want convert from jar to java sourcecode, then you, have multiple choice:
     • using Jadx directly convert dex to java sourcecode
     • first convert dex to jar, second convertjartojava sourcecode`

Note

how to got d2j-dex2jar.sh?

download from dex2jar github release, got dex-tools-2.1-SNAPSHOT.zip, unzip then got

• you expected Linux's d2j-dex2jar.sh
  • and Windows's d2j-dex2jar.bat
  • and related other tools
  • d2j-jar2dex.sh
  • d2j-dex2smali.sh
  • d2j-baksmali.sh
  • d2j-apk-sign.sh
  • etc.

what's the full process of convert dex to java sourcecode ?

you can refer my (crifan)'s full answer in another post: android - decompiling DEX into Java sourcecode - Stack Overflow

or refer my full tutorial (but written in Chinese): ??????????