A module for working with the Android-dx tool. All actions and classes can be created by using an instance of the DexFactory. Releases published on this repository will be named according to the used Android-dx tool version. With this small library you can create Dex-files and read/import them.
Important: The released JAR files contain the dx-tool source code. Therefore, there is no need to include dependencies when using this library.
Use a simple DexOutputStream to create a new .dex file. Before creating a new stream, make sure you have access to Java bytecode:
DexFactory factory = DexFactory.getDefault();
try (DexOutputStream dos = factory.newDexOutputStream()) {
dos.putNextClass("Foo.class");
dos.write(fooClassBytes); // Java bytecode
dos.closeClass();
byte[] dexFile = dos.toByteArray();
// The raw byte content can be transferred into
// an OutputStream directly:
dos.transferTo(new FileOutputStream("classes.dex"));
}Use a simple DexInputStream to read/import *.dex files. The usage is rather simple:
DexFactory factory = DexFactory.getDefault();
try (DexInputStream dis = factory.newDexInputStream()) {
// By adding 'true' to the method call, the provided
// FileInputStream will be closed afterwards.
dis.read(new FileInputStream("classes.dex"), true);
Dex dexFile = dis.toDex();
}Download the latest JAR file from the releases tab. This framework requires a minimum of Java 8+ for developing and running.
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