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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MartK87:
Thanks :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AtoZ0to9:
So I've been using APK Easy Tool to decompile, and recompile an app called Channels DVR. I was disgusted by the purple theme it uses, so I created my own, and share the recompiled .apk on their community forums for other users.

I have recently been getting a recompile error, and after reaching out to the developers, was informed that they had recently upgraded their Android Studio. I then realized I was using apktool2.5, so I am using 2.6 now, but still get the following recompile error. Any ideas?

C:\Users\************\Documents\APK Easy Tool portable\1-Decompiled APKs\Beta201.20.712\res\values-v31\colors.xml:3: error: Error: Resource is not public. (at 'm3_ref_palette_dynamic_neutral0' with value '@android:color/Teal_800').
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adilcan:
Compiling APK file... (Press ESC to cancel)

Executing command: java.exe -jar "C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\Apktool\apktool_2.5.0.jar" b -f -o "C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\2-Recompiled APKs\smarters.apk" "C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters"

32 bit support is deprecated. Apktool will not support 32bit on v2.6.0.

I: Using Apktool 2.5.0

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes2 folder into classes2.dex...

I: Copying C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters assets.dex file...

I: Building resources...

W: invalid resource directory name: C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters\res navigation

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_53558976080534857958565530399587177413.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 104, --version-name, 3.1.2, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3483556823140729990.tmp, -e, C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL4906823977890902036.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters\res, -M, C:\Users\pc\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.1 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters\AndroidManifest.xml]

Compile failed. Please read the log
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adilcan:
Executing command: java.exe -jar "C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\Apktool\apktool_2.6.0.jar" b -f -o "C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\2-Recompiled APKs\smarters (8).apk" "C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters (8)"

I: Using Apktool 2.6.0

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes2 folder into classes2.dex...

I: Copying C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters (8) assets.dex file...

I: Building resources...

W: invalid resource directory name: C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters (8)\res navigation

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\LEGION\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_70091315039987380524184594844084363017.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 17, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 104, --version-name, 3.1.2, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\LEGION\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL7923778421780657552.tmp, -e, C:\Users\LEGION\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3965762350760968219.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\LEGION\AppData\Local\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters (8)\res, -M, C:\Users\LEGION\Desktop\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2 Portable\1-Decompiled APKs\smarters (8)\AndroidManifest.xml]

Compile failed. Please read the log
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adilcan:
can someone help me buy him dinner
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AtoZ0to9:
Any ideas on this? It decompiles fine, i immediately hit recompile without applying my theme changes and received that error.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rmroot:
I've the same problem, any help ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gidano:
I got an answer here and it works!

https://xdaforums.com/t/apktool-jar-common-errors-and-solutions.4185443/post-86312137
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Samshow2:
Hello please can I used this Apk Easy Tool on Linux mint? If yes, How?

Please I need help. I'm tired of apktool errors everytime. Thanks in advance!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Samshow2:
Hello, can I used Apk Easy Tool on Linux mint? If yes, can you explain how?

Please I will gladly appreciate your response. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ibuprophen:
Unfortunately, based upon the Requirements outlined in the OP (Post #1 within this thread), this software is only compatible with the Windows OS.

Unless @evildog1 wants to chime in regarding any additional guidance on plans to add any releases for the Linux/Unix OS... :-)

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
Maybe if you have installed Wine. There is no official support

Porting to Linux is not easy, thanks to Microsoft for not officially supporting GUI for other platforms especially for .NET Core

Due to lack of time, having personal issues and lost interest in APK modding, i will discontinue this tool after a final update. I will open source the project after that
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] chenkemi:
View attachment 5554845

我不知道是什么情况。没有明确的错误信息。我只是说编译失败。我应该如何解决这种情况？
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cuynu:
I can't compile YouTube app, please help me

LOG

I: Using Apktool 2.5.0

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes2 folder into classes2.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes3 folder into classes3.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes4 folder into classes4.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes5 folder into classes5.dex...

I: Smaling smali_classes6 folder into classes6.dex...

I: Building resources...

W: D:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\New folder (3)\Apktool\1-Decompiled APKs\com.google.android.youtube\res\xml\locales_config.xml:3: error: unbound prefix.

W: D:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\New folder (3)\Apktool\1-Decompiled APKs\com.google.android.youtube\res\xml\locales_config.xml: error: file failed to compile.

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_27547147127438874125976533767037774006.tmp, compile, --dir, D:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\New folder (3)\Apktool\1-Decompiled APKs\com.google.android.youtube\res, --legacy, -o, D:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\New folder (3)\Apktool\1-Decompiled APKs\com.google.android.youtube\build\resources.zip]

Compile failed. Please read the log
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gidano:
I sincerely regret this!

Through the language translation of applications, a lot of people around the world have benefited from your work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] computeron:
Hello, I am having trouble recompiling Lineage OS 18.1's Dialer. I tried Java 8 64-bit version and apktool 2.6.1, 2.5.0, 2.4.0 version in Windows 10, but it didn't work.

Compiling APK file... (Press ESC to cancel)

Executing command: java.exe -jar "C:\apkeasy\Apktool\apktool_2.6.1.jar" b -f -o "C:\apkeasy\2-Recompiled APKs\Dialer.apk" "C:\apkeasy\1-Decompiled APKs\Dialer"

I: Using Apktool 2.6.1

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

I: Building resources...

W: C:\apkeasy\1-Decompiled APKs\Dialer\res\values\styles.xml:25: error: Resource entry AlertDialogTheme already has bag item android:textColorPrimary.

W: C:\apkeasy\1-Decompiled APKs\Dialer\res\values\styles.xml:24: Originally defined here.

W:

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_19394582891053668615084876924959492924.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 30, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 2900000, --version-name, 23.0, --no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL10780675609986995980.tmp, -e, C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL7250959362039256118.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\apkeasy\1-Decompiled APKs\Dialer\res, -M, C:\apkeasy\1-Decompiled APKs\Dialer\AndroidManifest.xml]

Compile failed. Please read the log
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ibuprophen:
It looks (to me) like that may be specific to Apktool and the following link is specific to submitting issues related to the Apktool itself.

Issues · iBotPeaches/Apktool

A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files. Contribute to iBotPeaches/Apktool development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

The software just performs those actions within the capabilities specific to Apktool.

I hope I had explained this okay via text and you can hopefully get some resolution for your specific issue.

Please note that there may/might be an issue already submitted specific to your underlying situation (meaning the same issue with a different app).

Good Luck! :-))

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Unless asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. [Sent from the room next door.]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] s130681:
Smaling smali folder wrong . when i used smali to dex, out error :

I: Using Apktool 2.5.0

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

..\1-Decompiled APKs\framework\smali\android\Manifest$permission.smali[1752,27] Hidden API restrictions are only supported on api 29 and above.

..\1-Decompiled APKs\framework\smali\android\Manifest$permission.smali[1753,12] mismatched tree node: I_ORDERED_METHOD_ITEMS expecting I_FIELDS

Could not smali file: android/Manifest$permission.smali

How can I get dex file from smali folder ? thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SubAsH21:
Nice Tool Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] travelbug:
@evildog1

Very nice tool for persons who like GUIs - great work!

@s130681 @computeron

I also had some issues working on some APKs, solving it by updating to the latest ApkTool and latest 7zip (dll and exe)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tedothecreator:
Hey @evildog1 ! Great work on the app brother, you surte spent some time on the development budd. Great. Im trying to edit an app that has implemented function which detects weather i installed the app from play store or other sources. So even if i try to install official apk it will say that it needed to be installed from the playstore. Do you have any idea to go around this? Thanks for the app again!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Dante63:
@evildog1 thank you for your time and dedication in making this tool...

@Ibuprophen I am not sure if you are now maintaining the tool (by looking at the link you posted few posts back), I am wondering how to resolve the following issue:

W: Failed to generate resource table for split ''
W: D:\APK Easy Tool v1.59.2\1-Decompiled APKs\BETA\res\values\drawables.xml:5: error: Error: String types not allowed (at 'APKTOOL_DUMMY_1bd' with value '').

Edit:

Well I was too tired when I read your comments, sorry for pinging you as I thought you support it 😅
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
Most of the issues could be solved by reading post #2 https://xdaforums.com/t/tool-windows-apk-easy-tool-v1-59-2-2021-04-03.3333960/post-65775601
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] habermann.markus:
[4.6., 15:59] markushabermann1976:

[4.6., 15:59] markushabermann1976: Hab das jetzt mal versucht, soweit so gut, bricht mit Fehlermeldung ab.....liegt evtl an Windows11 oder an Zeile 20 im Androidmanifest.....

Ich versuche es nochmal mit ausgeschaltetem Virenscanner......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
@slimdick Seems you are using apk-mitm, it is not related to APK Easy Tool.

Post it somewhere else
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slimdick:
@evildog1 use apktool v2.6.1, and this is apktool v2.6.1 isseue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
Then report issue here https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] abdallah@5521:
i have a problem down below
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
Arabic character are not supported. Please remove it from the path
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rempacious:
Hello! Kinda having this problem and not sure what to do. App is originally Korean so not sure where did it go wrong?

Spoiler content hidden.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Husain_Ali:
When I compiling the app this error shows:-

I: Using Apktool 2.5.0

I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...

I: Building resources...

W: F:\Tools\Android\1-Decompiled APKs\Floor_Plan_Creator_base Plan AndroidManifest.xml:67: error: No resource identifier found for attribute localeConfig' in package 'android'

W:

brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code 1): [C:\Users\Abc\AppData\Local\Temp\brut_util_Jar_ 25682389134740840838690710499066734827.tmp, p,--forced-package-id, 127, -- min-sdk-version, 16, --target-sdk-version, 30, -version-code, 460, --version .5.7,--no-version-vectors, -F, C:\Users\Abc\AppData\Local\Temp name, 3.5.7, VAPKTOOL4647007084862933695.tmp, -e, C:\Users\ \Abc\AppData\Local\Temp VAPKTOOL3956562624342386766.tmp, -8, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Abc\AppData\Local \apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, F:\Tools\Android\1-Decompiled APKs

\Floor_Plan_Creator_base\res, -M, F:\Tools\Android\1-Decompiled APKs \Floor_Plan_Creator_base\AndroidManifest.xml] Compile failed. Please read the log

can anyone please help me to fix this.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
v1.60 has been released. It is a final version:

- Added Force manifest for decompiling

- Removed unused checkbox "v4 no merkle tree" because it wasn't available for apksigner.jar

- Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.8

- Print Java version

- Bring back click on launch activity to open file explorer

- Disabled update check

- Cleaned up the codes

- Updated Apktool to 2.6.1

- Updated adb to 33.0.2

- Updated aapt, zipalign, apksigner to 32.0.0

- Updated some languages

- Removed dialog of sign password.Password will always remember

- Other improvements

After 6 years, it has to be sadly announced that the project has been discontinued due to the changes my personal life, and lost the movitation to continue this project. I don't have the opportunity to get back to working on this anymore

Due to what happens with Android (Split APK/Android App Bundle, APK protections, Play Protect, system restrictions...) I decided to finish my Android journey right here. It was a nice experience, but not anymore.

The source code and assets are provided under download links. The project is based on C#, use Visual Studio 2019 or above to use it. Please feel free to continue developing with it, wish you good luck

Bitbucket server will be shut down at the end of 2022 (Jan 1 2023 00:00), users who use older version will no longer recieve update notification. Bitbucket became horrible service anyways, so there is no point keeping it up anymore

If you are looking for alternatives, here are the links below:

APKToolGUI: https://github.com/INF1NUM/APKToolGUI

APKToolGUI (New): https://github.com/AndnixSH/APKToolGUI

ApktoolFX: https://github.com/oscar0812/ApktoolFX

Apk Studio: https://github.com/vaibhavpandeyvpz/apkstudio

APKLab: https://github.com/APKLab/APKLab

Tickle My Android: https://xdaforums.com/t/tool-tickle-my-android-decompile-recompile-with-ease.1633333/

INZ APKTool 2.4.0 (Beta): https://xdaforums.com/t/inz-apktool-2-4-0-beta.4446939/

INZ APKTool: https://xdaforums.com/t/inz-apktool-2-0-windows-gui-apk-tool.4000167/

APK Tools: https://github.com/kermage/APK-Tools

APK Multi Tool: https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-utility-tool-apk-multi-tool.1310151/

APK Editor Studio: https://github.com/kefir500/apk-editor-studio

Thank you for your kind understanding and the support
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] VolBob:
THANK YOU, DEAR evildog1 !!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Er. Aditya:
thankyou for all these years brother
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] saoviet9x:
Can you add the full .msi file? The Portable version is a bit inconvenient, thanks for the good project!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vidura123:
are you alive? i have a problem with apk easy tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xunholyx:
Thank you for your work. And good luck with your future life. Take care.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
My msi project is totally broken, i dropped it since last year. But APK Easy Tool is discontinued now
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ajua:
Won't promise anything but I'm looking to incorporate either this tool or just APK-Info into my custom context menu. If I do yours, I'll make an MSI and/or EXE installer and share it with the folks here.

PS: I'm in the middle of some stuff so if I don't reply or forget about this, someone please tag me in a week. So at least I can let you guys know if I'm doing it or not.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] karajaisari:
Would you please tell me how to adapt an app to support Android 7.0 or web if it does not already? how do you edit?

I'm grateful.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evildog1:
Hope you have the better Installer maker, more like the modern one.

The one I worked on is called Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects. The interface is quite old school, like back in 1995. it is often unstable, even causing installation/updating issues with Visual Studio which will be pain to fix manually or even requiring to uninstall Visual Studio completely
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Metzger100:
Thanks for your work. I used your tool for long years and I was always happy to have it.

Mirrored latest version and its Source Code to Github.

GitHub - metzger100/APKEasyTool: Source Code Mirror for APKEasyTool by evildog1 from XDA

Source Code Mirror for APKEasyTool by evildog1 from XDA - metzger100/APKEasyTool

github.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] saoviet9x:
you have file apk.zip latest version ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] CLASSl:
Hello, thank you very much for creating this tool, I have been using it for a long time and I am very satisfied, but I had to format my computer and now when I click on the apkeasytool.exe file, it does nothing, the program does not open, it does not give an error. Has anyone encountered this before how can I fix it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Deta935:
after I updated to 1.60, apk easy tool can't recognize korean named folder when compiling.

on log, apk easy tool readed D:\다운로드\ as : D:\?떎?슫濡쒕뱶\

under is log. Can you release hotfix for this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Deta935:
also there is another bug after updated to 1.60

apk easy tool fail compiling when I use android:allowAudioPlaybackCapture .

this was worked too until 1.59.2.

Can you make hotfix of this too?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Deta935:
found issue of this. This can be solve by selecting Apktools version : apk tool_2.6.1.jar on Options tab. Idk why this was set by old version(2.5.0) by default of this update.

But up language issue still appear.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shonizme:
opera mini V63 cannot compile,it gives an error
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MoHuToP:
Thank you for the great project that helped to all of us.

Best regards!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lepicane1:
I appreciate this tool has been discontinued and wanted to thank evildog1 for all his hard work.

Only ever used this tool to compile the one app and never had any issues until now with the 8.19.1 version of the app (previous version compiles). Appreciate any views out of interest only as I find it easier to compile on the PC than on the mobile (takes forever on a mido).

Long story short, I'm getting the attached errors. Tried earlier versions of this APK Easy Tool, different apktool versions, different settings etc. with same result. Even tried Apk Tool GUI v3.0.2.0 and would get errors compiling. Doing it on the mobile on the other hand with Apktool_M_v2.4.0-220904 works with no issues.

Any ideas why the Windows based tools are failing to compile?

Thanks...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] AtoZ0to9:
Are you modifying colors.xml located in /res/values ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lepicane1:
Nope. The only thing I ever change is the "map_key" value in "\res\values\strings.xml". Even compiling without any changes results in these errors.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zhor123:
i will use ut for devlope app
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 8hw1:
View attachment 5762851

Spoiler content hidden.

Mod. Translation: Hi, does anyone know the solution to this problem and what it is? Can I ask please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tim-2.0:
By the look of things you need to have "Java 1.7" installed (you currently have Java 1.8)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] VolBob:
Try change original folder name to english text
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gatarax:
Hello,i decompiled an apk but then in the decompiled apk, the "assets" folder is missing :(

do you know how to fix this problem?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] VolBob:
attach (or link to) your problem apk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gatarax:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] VolBob:
In the apk you specified there is no "assets" folder at all, initially.

??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gatarax:
I thought that for all decompiled apk there was a mandatory "assets" folder. it is not the case?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] VolBob:
of course not
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gatarax:
but how do i access the Assembly-CSharp.dll file when I need files in "assets" to get it? 🙁