How to view AndroidManifest xml from APK file

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Is it possible to view Androidmanifest xml file   I just changed the extension of the apk file to zip  This zip file contains the Androidmanifest xml file  But I am unable view the contents of Androidmanifest xml  It is fully encrypted   How can I view the Androidmanifest xml file

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You can use this command  save to file AndroidManifest txt  aapt dump xmltree gmail apk AndroidManifest xml  gt  AndroidManifest txt

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To decode the AndroidManifest xml file using axmldec   axmldec -o output xml AndroidManifest xml   or  axmldec -o output xml AndroidApp apk

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Yes you can view XML files of an Android APK file  There is a tool for this  android-apktool     It is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd   party  closed  binary Android apps   How to do this on your Windows System    Download apktool-install-windows-  file  Download apktool-  file  Unpack both to your Windows directory   Now copy the APK file also in that directory and run the following command in your command prompt   apktool d HelloWorld apk   HelloWorld   This will create a directory  HelloWorld  in your current directory  Inside it you can find the AndroidManifest xml file in decrypted format  and you can also find other XML files inside the  HelloWorld res layout  directory    Here HelloWorld apk is your Android APK file   See the below screen shot for more information

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Aapt2  included in the Android SDK build tools can do this - no third party tools needed     ANDROID SDK  build-tools 28 0 3 aapt2 d --file AndroidManifest xml app-foo-release apk   Starting with build-tools v29 you have to add the command xmltree     ANDROID SDK  build-tools 29 0 3 aapt2 d xmltree --file AndroidManifest xml app-foo-release apk

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The AXMLParser and APKParser jar can also do the job  you can see the link  AXMLParser

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In this thread  Dianne Hackborn tells us we can get info out of the AndroidManifest using aapt   I whipped up this quick unix command to grab the version info   aapt dump badging my apk   sed -n  s   versionName               1 p

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The file needs to be decompiled  or deodex d not sure which one   But here s another way to do it   -Download free Tickle My Android tool on XDA  https   forum xda-developers com showthread php t 1633333https   forum xda-developers com showthread php t 1633333 -Unzip -Copy APK into   WorkArea1  in  folder -Open  Tickle My Android exe  -Theming Menu -Decompile Files- gt Any key to continue  ignore warning  -Decompile Files- gt 1- gt  Enter - gt y Enter  -Wait for it to decompile in new window    Done when new window closes -Decompiled viewable files will be here    WorkArea3  working  App

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You can use apkanalyzer  the command-line version of the APK Analyzer bundled with the Android SDK  Just execute the following command on the CLI    path to android-sdk tools bin apkanalyzer manifest print  path to app apk   You only have to replace  path to android-sdk with the correct path to your version of the Android SDK  and  path to app apk with the path to your APK file

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Google has just released a cross-platform open source tool for inspecting APKs  among many other binary Android formats       ClassyShark is a standalone binary inspection tool for Android developers  It can reliably browse any Android executable and show important info such as class interfaces and members  dex counts and dependencies  ClassyShark supports multiple formats including libraries   dex   aar   so   executables   apk   jar   class  and all Android binary XMLs  AndroidManifest  resources  layouts etc

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There is an online tool that lets you upload an APK It decompiles it and finally lets you to download a zip with all sources  manifest XML file and so on decompiled  all of that without having to install any program on your computer  http   www javadecompilers com apk  Also if you wish just to check on some params you can  by their UI

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aapt d xmltree com package apk AndroidManifest xml  will dump the AndroidManifest xml from the specified APK  It s not in XML form  but you can still read it   aapt  Android Asset Packaging Tool  is a built in tool that comes with the Android SDK

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Android Studio can now show this  Go to Build   Analyze APK    and select your apk  Then you can see the content of the AndroidManifset file

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You can also use my app  App Detective to view the manifest file of any app you have installed on your device

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Another useful  Python-based  tool for this is Androguard  using its axml sub-command  androguard axml my apk -o my xml  This extracts and decodes the app manifest in one go  Unlike apktool this doesn t unpack anything else

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This is an old thread  but I thought I would mention  of your phone has root  you can view it directly on your phone using the root explorer app   You don t even have to extract it to see

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