What is AAPT (Android Asset Packaging Tool) and how does it work?

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Ganesh picture Ganesh · Jan 30, 2015 · Viewed 76.3k times · Source

What does AAPT (Android Asset Packaging Tool) mean? How does it work?

Can I ship the .so file of one application in the APK file of another application using AAPT?

Answer

MarcS picture MarcS · Jan 30, 2015

AAPT allows you to view, create, and update ZIP-compatible archives (ZIP, JAR, and APK). It can also compile resources into binary assets. It is the base builder for Android applications.

Of course you can ship .so files from an application, but if you want to use it, you will need reverse engineering plugins and these are not very recommended because of the complexity. I don't know anyone for Android, but there are a bunch of environments plugins.

Also you can research a bit before posting,

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