android-APK-Mods

Description

A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files.

Hack into android applications, some tools and instructions. decode, modify and recompile APK

Instructions

1. Load APK

java -jar apktool.jar if application-name.apk

2. Decode APK

java -jar apktool.jar decode application-name.apk

3. Recompile APK

java -jar apktool.jar b application-name.apk

4. Add signature using APK Signer

java -jar apk-signer-1.8.5.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 application-name.apk

Prerequists

java must installed

apk-signer.jar

keystore files for signing (testkey.x509.pem, testkey.pk8)

keystore explorer

framework.apk

There are other tools that can be used for decoding APK in bulk. Tools are tweaked to ensure complete decoding and rebuilding APK.