APKTOOL(1)

Okay bestie, welcome to the APKTOOL(1) page 🎀 It lives in the User Commands section and it is such a main character 💅

✨ NAME ✨

apktool - the queen of reverse engineering Android apk files 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so apktool has a few little modes, and each one has its own vibe 🌈 here's the whole menu:

🦋 The basic vibe

usage: apktool

• -advance, --advanced — prints advance information ✨
• -version, --version — prints the version then exits 💖

🧚 if / install-framework

usage: apktool if|install-framework [options] <framework.apk>

• -p, --frame-path <dir> — stores framework files into <dir> 🌸
• -t, --tag <tag> — tags frameworks using <tag> 🏷️

💜 d[ecode]

usage: apktool d[ecode] [options] <file_apk>

• -f, --force — force delete the destination directory 💥
• -o, --output <dir> — the name of the folder that gets written. Default is apk.out 🍓
• -p, --frame-path <dir> — uses framework files located in <dir> 🧁
• -r, --no-res — do not decode resources 🙅‍♀️
• -s, --no-src — do not decode sources 🙅‍♀️
• -t, --frame-tag <tag> — uses framework files tagged by <tag> 🏷️

👑 b[uild]

usage: apktool b[uild] [options] <app_path>

• -f, --force-all — skip changes detection and build all files 🔥
• -o, --output <dir> — the name of the apk that gets written. Default is dist/name.apk 📦
• -p, --frame-path <dir> — uses framework files located in <dir> 🧁

🌈 Extra reading

for more info, see: http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/ 📚

for smali/baksmali info, see: http://code.google.com/p/smali/ 🦋

that's the whole tea, bestie 🫶 this page is from the apktool source, dated February 2016, and it's filed under APKTOOL(1) 💅✨