Top "Decompiling" questions

Decompilers analyze binary code outputting source code in a higher level language such as C. The output is generally not any easier to analyze than the original assembler due to loss of information during compilation.

How does decompiling work?

I have heard the term "decompiling" used a few times before, and I am starting to get very curious about …

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Is it legal to decompile an APK and use part of its code in your app

Is it legal to decompile an apk and use part of it's code? (more specifically: a URL connector (I haven't …

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Decompile XAPK file

I have worked pretty a lot analyzing Android projects with different reverse engineering tools, generally for secure purposes, to see …

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How to read the fully qualified name of a .class file

Hey, I think the title sums it, but still. I need to extract the fully qualified name of an object …

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java decompiler with save line numbers in actual physical position

Many IDE's debugger match the physical line number. I'm looking for java decompiler with saving actual line number in decompiling …

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java inner/outer class questions about outer class private variables access

I have the following java class: class Outer { private Integer a; private Long b; class Inner { public void foo() { System.…

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How to patch a line of code in a DLL?

I've got a .Net dll that misses a line of code. I would like to patch that DLL, but I …

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Decompiling a .NET Framework v4.5 executable "not .NET assembly file" in dotPeek but executable runs fine

A client has burned bridges with their previous dev and I'm trying to extract source code from what's left of …

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How to reverse-engineer / decompile an Android APK which was obfuscated using ProGuard?

Unfortunately, I have lost the source code of one of my apps which I obfuscated using ProGuard. I still have …

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How to get source code from .class file( class file version is 1.2)

Unresolved compilation problem: Syntax error, parameterized types are only available if source level is 1.5 or greater I used JD GUI …

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