How to decompress an AES-256 Encrypted zip files?

Question

I am developing an android application which requires to decompress an AES-256 encrypted zip files, is there any libraries out there that I can use to accomplish that?

I am greatly appreciative of any guidance or help.

Answer 1

zip4j, java library to handle Zip files (Open source, Apache License v2.0).

http://www.lingala.net/zip4j/

• Create, Add, Extract, Update, Remove files from a Zip file
• Read/Write password protected Zip files
• Supports AES 128/256 Encryption
• Supports Standard Zip Encryption

You can download binary, sources and examples.

Answer 2

I ended up using an external library at http://code.google.com/p/winzipaes/

it's limited to compression/decompression Zip files encrypted with AES-256 ONLY

but at least it fits my need.