Work with APKs
Some tools to work with APKs
Extract the APK from your device
With APK Extractor
- install an
APK Extractorapp from the Store - launch the app
- select the app you want to extract
- the app will create an
.apkfile
With adb
- install
adbon your computer - get the full app name with
adb shell pm list packages | grep APP_NAME - get the apk path with
adb shell pm path FULL_APP_NAME - pull the apk with
adb pull APK_PATH
apktools
apktool can extract the .apk file into a directory with the resources and the classes
apktools apktool can extract the .apk file into a directory with the resources and the classes- Follow the docs on https://apktool.org/docs/install
- download the latest release
- run
java -jar apktool.jar d APP_NAME.apk
dex2jar
dex2jar can transform the .apk into a .jar file viewable by jd-gui
dex2jar dex2jar can transform the .apk into a .jar file viewable by jd-gui- https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar/releases
- download the latest release
- extract the zip file
- run
d2j-dex2jar.sh APP_NAME.apk
jd-gui
jd-gui can view the .jar file generated by dex2jar
jd-gui jd-gui can view the .jar file generated by dex2jar- https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-gui/releases
- download the latest release
- run
java -jar jd-gui.jar APP_NAME-dex2jar.jar - you can now see classes
jadx
jadx can decompile the .apk file and view the source code
jadx jadx can decompile the .apk file and view the source code- https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases
- download the latest release
- run
jadx -d out_folder APP_NAME.apk - you can now see the source code
- run
jadx-gui(and open the APK inside ) to see the source code in a GUI