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Reverse Engineer Android APK to get code? [duplicate]

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Android: Getting source code from an APK file

Is it possible to reverse engineer a APK file to get the actual code? Please advice. Thank you.

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Vinod Avatar asked Jun 07 '11 02:06

Vinod

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Can * .apk be reverse engineered?

An Android app is very easy to reverse engineer, if the developer let some loose ends hanging. Use the dex2jar utility to convert the APK to JAR. Open the JAR in some IDE to look at the code.

Is it possible to get source code from APK?

May be the easy one to see the source: In Android studio 2.3, Build -> Analyze APK -> Select the apk that you want to decompile . You will see it's source code.

Can Android apps be reverse engineered?

In Android app security testing, if the application is based solely on Java and doesn't have any native code (C/C++ code), the reverse engineering process is relatively easy and recovers (decompiles) almost all the source code.

Can you decompile an APK?

Decompilation of APK file is possible. But it might be difficult to understand the code if it is obfuscated.

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You can use http://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/ to convert to a JAR file then open it using http://java.decompiler.free.fr/?q=jdgui

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Abdullah Jibaly Avatar answered Oct 25 '22 15:10

Abdullah Jibaly

Its possible to get the dalvik byte code and the resources decompiled using Apk Tool

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Nathan Schwermann Avatar answered Oct 25 '22 17:10

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