Hope posting this here is OK- I never get answers in Q&A...
I have made & modified themes for the SE stock 'rom' and as you know the framework-res and system apks do not need to be recompiled or signed when just exchanging images.
Is it the same for CM 6 'roms'?
I am looking into theming Wolfbreak's rom and noticed the framework-res that I'm using as a base says "signed by SignApk" when I open it in winrar.
Do I need to recompile & sign or not?
Thanks in advance!
AyDee said:
Hope posting this here is OK- I never get answers in Q&A...
I have made & modified themes for the SE stock 'rom' and as you know the framework-res and system apks do not need to be recompiled or signed when just exchanging images.
Is it the same for CM 6 'roms'?
I am looking into theming Wolfbreak's rom and noticed the framework-res that I'm using as a base says "signed by SignApk" when I open it in winrar.
Do I need to recompile & sign or not?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
You dont need to sign regardless of OS if you are only swapping images for system files. But remember to use optimized pngs and zipalign as final step to minimize resources consumption.
If you are modding any resources.arsc you need to decompile to do that and recompile and sing accordingly.
Ok, thanks- just making sure... the winrar message threw me off...
AyDee said:
Ok, thanks- just making sure... the winrar message threw me off...
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try 7-zip.....hope seeing themes from u soon....
I have been playing arround with the issue of not being able to decompile the apks from OS 3.32 roms.
The issue seems to be when decompiling the systemui.apk you are getting the following errors:
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java version "1.7.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 22.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
Could Not Find C:\APKManager\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/signedSystemUI.apk
Could Not Find C:\APKManager\place-apk-here-for-modding\../place-apk-here-for-modding/unsignedSystemUI.apk
I: Baksmaling...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: bad magic value: 64 65 78 0a 30 33 36 00
at org.jf.dexlib.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:377)
at org.jf.dexlib.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:274)
at brut.androlib.src.SmaliDecoder.decode(SmaliDecoder.java:48)
at brut.androlib.src.SmaliDecoder.decode(SmaliDecoder.java:33)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.decodeSourcesSmali(Androlib.java:68)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:85)
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:120)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:57)
This points to erros in Backsmaling and the backsmali files being too old. I then hunted arround and found a neat little tool to deompile apks and the jar files to make them editable. This did not work either giving me the same error. I then found an update backsmali.jar and smali.jar ver 1.3.2 from here: and it decompiled the systemui.apk perfectly.
Can we intergrate the newer versions of the smali 1.3.2 files into apk manager to decompile ICS roms? This is a bit beyond me!
Progress update:
Ok I have download the source apktool using ubuntu. The next stage is to download API15 and add it into the source then rebuild, but not sure how to do that yet. I know I have API15 on my Windows PC but dont know what files I need to update apktool to API15. Will keep working on it though!
Yep, it's a problem right now. Check out this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android-ap... Type Status Priority Milestone Owner Summary
Someone posted a hacked apktool.jar which seems to work but I'm not sure if I trust the results.
rmk40 said:
Yep, it's a problem right now. Check out this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android-ap... Type Status Priority Milestone Owner Summary
Someone posted a hacked apktool.jar which seems to work but I'm not sure if I trust the results.
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Can I ask why you do not trust the results?
I have tried with the hacked version and so far I am now able to decompile and compile the systemui.apk with out any problems! But still got errors compiling framework-res.apk so still some issues there! All I did was modify value.xml file to enable crt animation!
Hi, for to decompile all apk must remove classes.dex from this apk and decompile with apktool1.4.2.....after compile with 1.4.3 and reinsert classes.dex into the apk
same problem with me,also looking for help.
rmk40 said:
Yep, it's a problem right now. Check out this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android-ap... Type Status Priority Milestone Owner Summary
Someone posted a hacked apktool.jar which seems to work but I'm not sure if I trust the results.
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In this way,decomplie is ok,but re-complie still has problem
I ive noticed that you cant compile with this just yet. Looks as if we are going to have to wait for a rebuilt tool!
From what I can see the current apktool.jar was built with API14. ICS 4.03 is built with API15. What we need is to have the apktool.jar updated with API5. This involves building the apktool from source which I believe is available but I dont know how to do this
Source code link here:
Ok I have download the source apktool using ubuntu. The next stage is to download API15 and add it into the source then rebuild, but not sure how to do that yet. I know I have API15 on my Windows PC but dont know what files I need to update apktool to API15. Will keep working on it though!
where is this said hacked apktool?
oh nm i found it in that post...
says it only works 0n 4.0.3 tho hmmm i will try with the 4.0.4 gapps anyways and see
GhostXSeries said:
Ok I have download the source apktool using ubuntu. The next stage is to download API15 and add it into the source then rebuild, but not sure how to do that yet. I know I have API15 on my Windows PC but dont know what files I need to update apktool to API15. Will keep working on it though!
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I don't know either
Unfortunately I chose to learn flash ActionScript 2 years ago (it was useful at the time - I had Samsung Tocco Lite and made flash themes for it) but since moving to Android I realised flash doesn't do a lot of good when working with java so at some point I really need to learn java
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I dont know what to do here, I have updated my sdk, made sure i installed theright framework. done everything from replacing the aapt file to replacing the apktool file. Its ridiculous that compiling the SystemUI.apk has to be this difficult, if it can be decompiled easily why cant the reverse be just as simple??
I cant get SystemUI.apk to compile, it starts the process then just errors out.
Has anybody found a workaround for this? Updating my SDK and aapt and apktool didn't work for me.
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It looks as if we need to download the source of apktool from git. Add in API15 and the updated smali and backsmali tools, then recompile the apk tool. Unfortunitly this is a little out of my leauge.
If anybody is able to do this it would be awsome!
Out of my skill range as well
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Do you think it would be possible to simply edit the pngs of systemui without decompiling and recompiling by taking out the .9 pngs to edit those with the .9 editor?
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GhostXSeries said:
It looks as if we need to download the source of apktool from git. Add in API15 and the updated smali and backsmali tools, then recompile the apk tool. Unfortunitly this is a little out of my leauge.
If anybody is able to do this it would be awsome!
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Maybe PM leedroid, I think he already done it but I'm not sure so don't take that as gospel truth, just he hinted at it in a post
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Hey guys what are the basic things we need to decompile and recompile apk? And which is the best tool for this task?
Please tell in detain
Thanks annoying bee
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Annoying Bee said:
Hey guys what are the basic things we need to decompile and recompile apk? And which is the best tool for this task?
Please tell in detain
Thanks annoying bee
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Hi..
Best tool will be apktool.. on windows or on linux..
Apktool for it.. Check details on the original thread for it..
Its pretty simple..
with latest apktool you can not only decompile and recompile apks but also jar files using apktool ... by
Code:
apktool d <nameofile>
or
Code:
apktool b <nameoffile>
Annoying Bee said:
Hey guys what are the basic things we need to decompile and recompile apk? And which is the best tool for this task?
Please tell in detain
Thanks annoying bee
Sent from my HTC powered with Minimilised ROM
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Check this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1249973/decompiling-dex-into-java-sourcecode
akshat.shenoy said:
Hi..
Best tool will be apktool.. on windows or on linux..
Apktool for it.. Check details on the original thread for it..
Its pretty simple..
with latest apktool you can not only decompile and recompile apks but also jar files using apktool ... by
Code:
apktool d <nameofile>
or
Code:
apktool b <nameoffile>
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Yeah i used it but problems in recompiling apks! So i modded apktool on my own.
There is so many guides in xda forum about compiling and decompiling apk.. but none of that working 100% easy way.. i tried apktool, apkmulti tool, Virtuous Ten Studio (VTS) and some other tool... developers please give a link.. or guide me how to decompile and compile an apk easy steps..
Here is the link of apktool which runs straight on your phone http://code.google.com/p/apktool/downloads/list, download the apktool4.1_armhf.zip for faster decompiling and reompiling
Dark Nexus
Dark Nexus said:
Here is the link of apktool which runs straight on your phone http://code.google.com/p/apktool/downloads/list, download the apktool4.1_armhf.zip for faster decompiling and reompiling
Dark Nexus
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All aside from the apk tool is not downloading. Any other option?
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Here is direct download link http://apktool.googlecode.com/files/apktool4.1_armhf.zip
Hit thanks if you like
Dark Nexus
with apktools i can easyly decompiling apk.. but problem in compiling.. can anyone guide me how to compile apk..
Alright. I have a phone, the manufacturer didn't release the source code. How can I create a kernel for it?
Decompile the kernel of your phone.
More info here:
Decompile Kernel
Hey does anybody have a TUT in how to decompile an existing kernel so i can make some changes and then recompile it? Sent from my GT-I9001 using XDA
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