[Android Software Development] Negan:
Back in June of 2010 Daneshm90 gave us the Apk Manager. Since then various versions based on this have come up here and there. Most common was the Apk-Mulitool which many are familiar with. Well since Neither of these have been updated in quite some time, along with me getting tired of cluttering my C drive with apks and decompiled apks, I decided I need to do something about this.

So I present to you the Apk Editor which is based on the original Apk manager - original thread here and also Ptmr3's Deviant Manager - original thread here

For now this is based on the apktool 2.2.4 but will be updated when needed.

So it's pretty easy to use and has been modified to work on any version of android including Marshmallow! You do not have to run this or install in C drive! You can use it on your desktop or even and external hard drive, or have multiple of them running and open at once if you wish. The only requirement is to have java 1.7 (other versions will likely error out!!!)

1.8 seems to cause errors so if that's what you're on, just do a quick downgrade. Often it's as simple as uninstalling the 1.8 update in control panel. I wrote this part again because many people don't read it the first time so by repeating it my hope is the ability to read will commence!

Features

[LIST]
[*]decompile apks
[*]re-compile apks
[*]sign apks
[STRIKE][*]zipalign apks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE][*]adb push apks[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE][*]batch optimize[/STRIKE]
[*]more!!!
[/LIST]

Instructions:

Extract zip anywhere you wish!

inside the place-aoj-here-for-modding folder as well as the projects folder is a Delete_ME.txt file. Delete that from each folder!

next you need to install the framework from your device (note some devices may have more than one framework.apk that needs to be installed) so copy your framework(s) apk(s) to your desktop (important!) then navigate to the z-install frameworks folder. Simply drag and drop your framework(s) apk(s) onto the file "apktoo-if.cmd". A small window will open and tell you it was successful. If it just quickly opens and closes immediately that is because you didn't copy your framework apks onto your desktop like I just told you that you needed to do!

Now you're all set. Simply place your apks in the "place-apk-here-for-modding" folder and run the ApkEditor.bat file and follow the prompts.

Tips: If you get an error, choose option 5 to run the log and a red command window will open. You don't need to use that to find your error. I have it automatically outputting to the "log.txt" file in the root of the tool.

Also every now and then it is recommended to open the log.txt and delete everything in it and then save. This will actually speed up the rate at which the log generates. If you don't and decided to let it accumulate, it won't hurt anything but you will notice that when you run the log that the red cmd window seems to run for a very long time. Just make sure the main ApkEditor.bat file is closed when you do this or it won't allow you to save.

I do not want to see posts with people posting huge error logs. If you need to post your log I ask that you use the hide tags.

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Credits:

Daneshm90 - Original APK Manager

Brut.all - Original Apktool

iBotPeaches - Apktool

JesusFreke - Smali/Baksmali

Ptmr3 - Deviant Manager

mike the inkman - helping me fix new errors in the script and mek top well!

Please note that since this is the initial release there may be some bugs or some things not working as they should. I nor my testers did not find any. However if you find any please be polite in telling me and give proper details.

Thank you

Now based on stable apktool v 2.1.1 and all anything not needed has been removed for simplicity and basic decompile and re-compile functions only.

Downloads:

Apk Editor Thingy 2.4.1

Older releases:

Version 2.2.0

Version 2.1.1

Version 2.0.2

Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0

Version 1.0