Get Application information from an APK using PHP script

Question

How can I get the versionCode, versionName, application icon and application label from an APK with PHP

Answer 1

I'm not that familiar with php so I can't provide any code, but the idea is:

• unzip the APK file (since it's "nomal" zip format)
• open the AndroidManifest.xml and
• parse the <manifest> tag for android:versionCode and android:versionName

Answer 2

If I'm not wrong, APKs are simply zip files. And android packages will have some sort of XML file that will mention the version information.

In PHP, you can unzip as well as read XMLs.