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RetrievesourcecodefromAndroid.apkfile
byMIDHUNGOPIonMARCH28,2013

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PostActiontoTimeLine RetrievingsourcecodefromandroidapkalongwithallthexmlfileslikeAndroidManifest.xmletc.cangetreallytricky sometimes.Thisneedsabunchoftoolsandastepbystepprocedurewhichistobefollowed. Firstthingyouneedtodoistogetthefollowingtools 1. Androidapktool 2. Dex2jar 3. JDGui Firstonecanbedownloadedfromhttp://code.google.com/p/androidapktool/.Itisatoolforreverseengineering3rd party,closed,binaryAndroidapps.Itcandecoderesourcesclosetotheiroriginalformandrebuildthemaftermaking somemodificationsitmakesitpossibletodebugsmallamountsofcodestepbystep.Alsoitmakesworkingwithapps easierbecauseofprojectlikefilesstructureandautomationofsomerepetitivetaskslikebuildingapk,etc. Dex2jarisavailableathttp://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/.Weusethistooltocreateclasses.dex.jarfilefrom classes.dexfile.Dex2jarcontains4components 1. dexreaderisdesignedtoreadtheDalvikExecutable(.dex/.odex)format.IthasalightweightAPIsimilarwith ASM. 2. dextranslatorisdesignedtodotheconvertjob.Itreadsthedexinstructiontodexirformat,aftersomeoptimize, converttoASMformat. 3. dexirusedbydextranslator,isdesignedtorepresentthedexinstruction 4. dextoolstoolstoworkwith.classfiles. JDGUIisastandalonegraphicalutilitythatdisplaysJavasourcecodesof.classfiles.Youcanbrowsethe reconstructedsourcecodewiththeJDGUIforinstantaccesstomethodsandfields.Thisisavailablefordownloadat http://java.decompiler.free.fr/?q=jdgui. Now,wehavealltheresourcesandletusmoveontoextractingthesourcecodefromapkfile.Followthestepsgiven below: Opentheapkfilewithsomefilearchivingprogramslikewinrarorwinzip.Extractthefilenamedclasses.dexto somefolder. Nexttogetjarfilefromthis,wehavetousedex2jartool.Copytheclasses.dexfiletothefolderwheredex2jaris extracted(otherwiseyoucanincludetheminpathvariable).Thenopencommandprompt,navigatetothe directoryandtypethefollowingcommand dex2jarclasses.dex Thiswillcreateclasses_dex2jar.jarfileinthecurrentdirectory. Now,toobtainthesourcecode,openjdguiandopentheclasses_dex2jar.jarcreated.Hence,youwillbeableto seeentirejavafilesoftheapk.Now,tosaveallfiles,gotoFile>SaveAllSourcesandsavefilestoanewdirectory.
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Togettheotherfiles,wehavetouseapktool.Youcanfollowthemethodgiveninthescreenshotoryoucangofor thiscommandifyourapkislocatedintherootdirectoryofapktool.jarfileandthecurrentdirectoryofcommand promptpointstothesame. javajarapktool.jardGooglePlayStore.apkGooglePlayStore

Now,movethefoldersyougotfromclasses_dex2jar.jartotheabovefolderandyouhavethecompletesource code.

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