[EVO 4G Android Development] lithid-cm:
Working with Sense

Installing apktool

Apktool - http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/

All apktool credits go to the apktool devs, I just use the tool!

NOTE: Install sdk using my sdk install guide in post 1.

wget http://android-apktool.googlecode.com/files/apktool1.4.1.tar.bz2
wget http://android-apktool.googlecode.com/files/apktool-install-linux-r04-brut1.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf apktool-install-linux-r04-brut1.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf apktool1.4.1.tar.bz2
mv apktool $HOME/.sdk/android-sdk/platform-tools
mv aapt $HOME/.sdk/android-sdk/platform-tools
mv apktool.jar $HOME/.sdk/android-sdk/platform-tools
rm apktool-install-linux-r04-brut1.tar.bz2
rm apktool1.4.1.tar.bz2

Now if your sdk is setup like mine and you placed it in this folding after following my sdk guide. apktool should now be installed on your system.

Using the apktool (quick overview)

You can simply do the "apktool if" to your framework resources. This is sense below.

apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool if com.htc.resources.apk

then decompile:

apktool d framework-res.apk

compile:

apktool b framework-res

batch decompile:

for x in $(ls |grep '.apk' |sort); do apktool d $x; echo Decompiled $x; done

batch compile:

for x in $(ls |grep -v '.apk' |sort); do apktool d $x; echo Compiled $x; done

Languages to look for when removing system languages from apks:

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Dsixda Android Kitchen:

Dsixda Android Kitchen - https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen

Again all credit goes to the developers of this kitchen. I only simply use it!

There are two ways to install this kitchen.

- Download it here and unzip it - https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen/archives/master

- What I do is sync with his github using git.

Note: Make sure you have git installed.

sudo apt-get install git-core

Then simply clone there repo where ever you like locally.

git clone https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen.git

Note: This method is a way to use the latest code. Use at your own risk might be bugs. Don't report issues for versions not released yet!