[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Themes, Apps, and Mods] Negan:
Hey guys. I'm sure there's a few familiar faces in here. Some may know me and some don't. Anyway we were talking and [MENTION=6963384]Tigerhoods[/MENTION] thought I should post this here for anyone looking for a very simple apk editing tool to use. It's updated with the latest apktool and is super easy to use. requirements are java 1.7 (not 1.8) that will cause errors.

So tl/dr version:

extract to a folder somewhere on your pc. Note that this doesn't need to be installed like most programs. It just runs. So inside there are a few folders. If you're planning on decompiling system apks you'll need to install the frameworks(s). To do so simply do this (and seriously do this right or it won't work...so many people mess this next part up!) Copy your framework(s).apk to your desktop!

Then navigate to the z-install frameworks folder. Inside it you'll see an "apktool-if.cmd" file. Take your framework(s).apk from your desktop and drag and drop them on that file. A small red cmd window will open and tell you that you've installed it properly.

now you can start tinkering. The tool is relatively easy and self explanatory to use. Just follow the instructions as it will quickly walk you through everything you need to do.

Here's the official instructions for the tool aka non tl/dr version

Please note that this tool can be extracted anywhere on your pc or even on an external hd. You can have multiple of them open too if you wish!

Before you use this tool you must ensure you're using Java 1.7 (if you're using 1.8 it will error out). Also

you will be required before decompiling a system .apk to install the frameworks-res(s).apk

First thing you need to do is navigate to projects and place-apk-here-for-modding folder. In each one there is a delete_me.txt file that you need to delete.

Next we need to install the framework.

So what you need to do is first copy your framework-res.apk to your desktop (this is mandatory!)

Next navigate to the z-install frameworks folder

Inside you will see a "apktool-if.cmd"

Take your framework-res.apk that IS STILL on your desktop and drag-n-drop it on that file. A small red cmd window will open and tell you that the framework has been installed.

If it force closes that is because you did not drag it from your desktop first!

Now you can go back to the root of the this tool and place your apk(s) in the place-apk-here-for-modding folder and run the "ApkEditor.bat" file. The rest is

self explanitory as the tool will tell you what to do. As long as you can read you will have zero issues!

I hope you enjoy this and it makes life easy for you.

If you get an error, simply push any key and then it will bring you back to the main menu.

From here push number "5". A small red cmd window will open and run. You can close that and

then go to the log.txt file in the root of this tool and open it in whatever text editor you

want. It's much easier to do than to try to use the red cmd window for the log. I have the

log set to copy to this file anyway so you should utilize it for this reason.

Keep in mind that this log will continue to accumulate and document what you do so every so

often it would be wise to open the log.txt file and select all and delete and save. Just keep

in mind that you cannot save the file while the actual tool .bat file is in use. It won't

let you. The reason for this is over time you'll notice that as you get errors the red

error cmd window will take what seems like forever to run. If you keep a clean and tidy

log.txt file it will run much quicker.

Enjoy and happy tinkering!

Download for tool:

Apk Editor tool thingy Mase MadAF