README.md

APK Studio

A Cross-Platform IDE for Reverse-Engineering (Disassembling, Hacking & Rebuilding) Android applications - featuring a friendly UI and Code editor with Syntax-highlighting support

Features

• Disassembling & Rebuilding APKs
• Code Editor with Syntax Highlighting (java smali xml yml)
• Built-in Image viewer for Resources
• Single-click APK Signing with embedded key-store (New)
• Android Signing scheme v2 Support (New)
• Flexible Keystore & Key-Alias import
• Automatic Zip-Aligning with embedded zipalign (New)
• Single-click App Install to device
• Frameworks Support

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Requirements

• JDK >= 8

• Apktool
  Download latest apktool.jar and put it in the following path:

  • Linux: /home/{your-user-name}/.apkstudio/vendor/apktool.jar
  • Windows: C:\Users\{your-user-name}\.apkstudio\vendor\apktool.jar

  If you've apktool.jar already installed in the specified path, replace it with the new one and execute the following command in same path: java -jar apktool.jar empty-framework-dir --force

• uber-apk-signer
  Download latest uber-apk-signer.jar and put it in the following path:

  • Linux: /home/{your-user-name}/.apkstudio/vendor/uber-apk-signer.jar
  • Windows: C:\Users\{your-user-name}\.apkstudio\vendor\uber-apk-signer.jar

• adb (optional) and zipalign (linux_x86 only)

  • Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb zipalign
  • Windows: adb driver

Links

• Building (Command line)
• Building (Qt Creator)
• Bug Reporting
• Contributors
• Special Thanks

TODO

• Framework management within IDE
• Opcode Hex Viewer

Screenshots

Disclaimer

Same as Apktool, APK Studio is neither intended for piracy nor other non-legal uses. It could be used for localizing, adding some features or support for custom platforms, analyzing applications & much more.