I'm using ApkTool to decode AndroidManifest.xml
inside an APK file and it works perfectly but how can I encode it again ,the same way it was encoded before, after applying some changes? For example (in my case) changing the app label.
You may use apktool again to create a new APK file including your changed AndroidManifest.xml
.
First, decompile the APK file:
java -jar apktool.jar decode app.apk app
Then modify the files you want in the app
directory and recompile it back into a new APK:
java -jar apktool.jar build app app_new.apk
aapt
must be on our PATH
or use the --aapt
option to specify the location of the executable. Otherwise apktool will fail when rebuilding the APK.
Note: The rebuilt APK is neither signed nor zipaligned, just repackaged. Take a look at this website for details about signing and aligning your new APK.