[android] Is there a way to get the source code from an APK file?

I found the following as the simplest method:

  1. Rename your app.apk to app.zip (Change extension from apk to zip)
  2. Extract the zip file into a folder
  3. Use JADX tool to read the source code, present in classes.dex file.

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