A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps
Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications. It also makes working with an app easier because of the project like file structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc.
Apktool is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications. It also makes working with an app easier because of the project like file structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc.
To install apktool, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install apktool
To see what files were installed by apktool, run:
port contents apktool
To later upgrade apktool, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade apktool
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