How can I detect whether an Android APK has debuggable set to true or false in its manifest without installing it?

Question

As the title says, I'd like to be able to find whether an APK has debuggable set to true or false on a computer without having to install it on the device, run it and see whether it shows up in DDMS or not.

Answer 1

For window user can use following command:

aapt l -a <apk with path> | findstr debuggable

will return either:

A: android:debuggable(0x0101000f)=(type 0x12)0xffffffff
-> this means debuggable is true.

or

A: android:debuggable(0x0101000f)=(type 0x12)0x0
-> this means debuggable is false.