Ability to recompile and preview smali file into java

[MonkoftheFunk]

Feature: I've gotten used to using apktoolm on my android device because it allows me to edit smali then preview the java to confirm my code and variables are correct. It won't convert if there is an error, and it shows me the error in my smali file. Thank-you

[Surendrajat]

I wasn't aware of this app and this feature, so thanks for letting me know. I agree, it's a really neat feature and it makes perfect sense in APKLab.
However, this app seems to be closed-source and the smali to java conversion code is obfuscated. Jadx has this single class decompiling feature too, but it won't work without recompilation which defeats the purpose.
I will look into in free time but if you know such a tool or library that does the conversion, let me know.

[MonkoftheFunk]

Will do, thanks for looking into it, I'll look around, ya I meant to try to decompile it to see how it worked, maybe then to java again to get better idea.

[MonkoftheFunk]

Found it
Looking in apktoolm found smali2java.java
Which led me to a vscode extension
github.com/only52607/smali2java
Might be worth bundling in

[Surendrajat]

@MonkoftheFunk so it just uses Jadx. Cool. I never knew Jadx accepted smali files too. It seems trivial to implement now. Will try to open a PR soon.

[MonkoftheFunk]

how goes it?

[Surendrajat]

Hi. First, apologies for very late response. I started working on it but got distracted, and eventually lost interest.
However, now I'm unsure if I should add it at all when the other extension exists. Ideally, we can just send a PR to https://github.com/only52607/smali2java so that it picks up Jadx path set by APKLab and you can use it without adding path again. But that depends on @only52607 if he's open to such change. Let me know if there'll be any issue with this approach btw.
If not, then I'm open to community contribution, as I can't afford much time for now.

[MonkoftheFunk]

I hear ya, thanks so much for the update and the work around!