[FEAT] Remove APKTOOL_DUMMY
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Apktool creates a lot of unnecessary APKTOOL_DUMMY, which means nothing but empty space, but in the output file they take up space as dead weight.
Describe the solution you'd like Delete or comment out the code chunks that cause APKTOOL_DUMMY.
Additional context
For example, apk https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/gboard/gboard-10-9-03-387080390-release/gboard-the-google-keyboard-10-9-03-387080390-lite_release-arm64-v8a-android-apk-download/
aapt2 dump resources Gboard.apk > res.txt
for three apks: original, re-compiled, and re-compiled using apktool without APKTOOL_DUMMY.
Compare logs res.txt which one is closer to the original? In addition, the output file size increases
: original 33.0 mb, output with APKTOOL_DUMMY 33.4 mb, without APKTOOL_DUMMY 33.1 mb
res.txt
res_dummy.txt
res_nodummy.txt
We tried this once and I was hesitant, maybe for 3.0. Marking as feature.
I tried. Can you help me out in - site. I want to scrape apk from direct Play store.