@iBotPeaches thank you, considering your answer:
how it is possible to make app crash when no edit? Based on your experience, any other way than apktool to edit just manifest file or anti tamper make it unchangeable?
Apktool can't make a 100% match apk, just isn't possible with how much source/resources are disassembled and rebuilt. So a nature of the beast. I'm not aware of any tools that also allow rebuilding.
oh wait nvm I think I see the issue myself
apktool.yml is all null characters...
Can I decompile aabs
when trying to decompile latest netflix apk, apktool gives me this error Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: Invalid chunk type: expected=0x00000200, got=0x00000203
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.checkChunkType(ARSCDecoder.java:544)at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTablePackage(ARSCDecoder.java:88)at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTableHeader(ARSCDecoder.java:82)at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.decode(ARSCDecoder.java:48)at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResPackagesFromApk(AndrolibResources.java:790)at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.loadMainPkg(AndrolibResources.java:67)at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResTable(AndrolibResources.java:59)at brut.androlib.Androlib.getResTable(Androlib.java:69)at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.setTargetSdkVersion(ApkDecoder.java:236)
is it possible to use apktool inside of an android application
like to make a mod manager for a specific Android app?
where the mod manager basically extracts the apk from the installed Android app, uses apktool to decompile it, applys changes based on the mod file, then recompiles it using apktool?
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I'm getting this error when using apktool, and i don't know why
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 93201, --version-name, 93.1 - Alpha, --no-version-vectors, -F, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL5062160710741902504.tmp, -e, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL9758211537987300682.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.local/share/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/fosscord/discord/res, -M, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/fosscord/discord/AndroidManifest.xml]
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp[1]: ELF: inaccessible or not found
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp[920]: ��Q�tdpp: inaccessible or not found
I tried both apktool 2.6 and apktool 2.5
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_64183809495820369852947775768105000873.tmp, p, --debug-mode, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 93201, --version-name, 93.1 - Alpha, --no-version-vectors, -F, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL7631055933525059436.tmp, -e, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL17829556680124513019.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.local/share/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/discord-patcher/discord/res, -M, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/discord-patcher/discord/AndroidManifest.xml]
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_64183809495820369852947775768105000873.tmp[1]: ELF: inaccessible or not found
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_64183809495820369852947775768105000873.tmp[2]: syntax error: unexpected ')'
Just decompiling and recompiling the apk without doing anything else doesn't work either
:point_up: Edit:
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 93201, --version-name, 93.1 - Alpha, --no-version-vectors, -F, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL5062160710741902504.tmp, -e, /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/APKTOOL9758211537987300682.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.local/share/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/fosscord/discord/res, -M, /data/data/com.termux/files/home/fosscord/discord/AndroidManifest.xml]
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp[1]: ELF: inaccessible or not found
W: /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp/brut_util_Jar_5256378265723508400218916746905045674.tmp[920]: ��Q�tdpp: inaccessible or not found
I'm not qualified at all, but I think this room is like pretty much completely dead based on the read receipts, so I guess it couldn't really hurt to give my opinion.
I can only really recommend trying to run Apktool on a different platform (for example, Windows) or trying to decompile/recompile a different APK.
That's what I would do in your scenario anyway. I have basically zero technical knowledge of Apktool, but I don't think anyone got any kind of help since like July.
And when I say try a different APK, I'm not saying to abandon the APK you're trying to decompile/recompile, I'm just saying try a different APK to see if it's an issue specific to that APK
If any actually qualified devs are out there, please do give random-access-exomemory a proper answer.
And yeah the room seems pretty dead sadly
But actually, that ELF: inaccessible or not found leads me to believe that it indeed may be an issue with Termux
Since, based on a quick Google search, that seems like an operating system reliant thing