appium_apk_tools

Extracts strings.xml from an APK and converts to JSON.

• java -jar appium_apk_tools.jar stringsFromApk input.apk outputFolder creates strings.json in outputFolder
• java -jar appium_apk_tools.jar stringsFromApk /tmp/apk/apk2.apk /tmp/apk it will convert res/values-it/strings.xml (Italian strings)
• java -jar appium_apk_tools.jar stringsFromApk /tmp/apk will convert res/values/strings.xml (default strings)

Prints Launch actvity by parsing AndroidManifest.xml from apk

• java -jar appium_apk_tools.jar printLaunchActivity input.apk outputFolder prints launch activity after parsing AndroidManifest.xml from apk.

Third party jars

• apktool-cli-1.5.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
• Jackson Core

Building

apktool-cli-1.5.3-SNAPSHOT.jar must be built with JDK 6 for strings_from_apk.jar to work on Java 6.

# Set JAVA_HOME to JDK 6 (it works with JDK 7 however JDK 6 can't run JDK 7 compiled jars)
$ export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/
$ git clone --recursive git@github.com:iBotPeaches/Apktool.git
$ cd Apktool/
$ ./gradlew build fatJar
# jar is in Apktool/brut.apktool/apktool-cli/build/libs/apktool-cli-1.5.3-SNAPSHOT.jar