Reverse engineering software for snooping around Android APK files from the Play Store with a command line interface.
ApkTool is a free and open source APK builder app and developer tool developed by Brut.alll for Windows, it's straightforward and easy-to-use.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
A tool for decoding Android APK apps
ApkTool is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building APK, etc.
JRE 1.7 (Java Runtime Environment) is required.
Features of ApkTool
- Decoding resources to nearly original form (including resources.arsc, XMLs and 9.png files) and rebuilding them.
- Helping with some repetitive tasks.
- SmaliDebugging
Compatibility and License
As ApkTool is released under the Apache License v2.0 for Windows from programming software, you are not required to pay a penny for this software. In fact, you're free to make copies, distribute it and for those that are technically inclined, view and edit the source code. Feel free to share it with friends.
What version of Windows can ApkTool run on?
ApkTool can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Filed under:
- ApkTool Download
- Free Programming Software
- Open source and GPL software
- APK Building Software
