Can't convert to ComplexColor: type=0x1

[xpirt]

Information

1. Apktool Version (apktool -version) - 2.2.1
2. Operating System (Mac, Linux, Windows) - Windows
3. APK From? (Playstore, ROM, Other) - ROM

Stacktrace/Logcat

http://pastebin.com/raw/ZF5VxH3F

Steps to Reproduce

Application crashes with no modifications done to it, after decompilation/compilation.

1. apktool d LGSystemUI.apk
2. apktool b LGSystemUI

Frameworks

lge-res.apk: https://mega.nz/#!6UtWhDjA!iw6MjIan1GY9bzf9tXeV5zMZJ6w1zvEgMuI1kOuezdU
framework-res.apk: https://mega.nz/#!TM9DlYqY!YuGlJICKx7SpOswEsT4Ax4uR9EmElu2qiApsQZero1I

APK

LGSystemUI.apk: https://mega.nz/#!PA9BmCoa!roycqSEpcvU-H1dEH8X6a1zy4iBi3er1BeO8I9RHk-o

Questions to ask before submission

1. Have you tried apktool d, apktool b without changing anything? Yes
2. If you are trying to install a modified apk, did you resign it? Yes
3. Are you using the latest apktool version? Yes

[iBotPeaches]

I need to refresh myself on colors for Android. This application is huge so going to run some localized tests so I can pinpoint the problem.

We have

    <color name="fake_shadow_start_color">#44000000</color>
    <color name="notification_guts_disabled_slider_color">@android:color/material_grey_300</color>
    <color name="qs_vector_btn">?qs_panel_highlight</color>
    <color name="pin_color">?android:colorAccent</color>
    <color name="accent_material_dark">@color/material_deep_teal_200</color>

So about every syntax format possible for colors. Apktool may be decoding incorrectly or building incorrectly. Will need to investigate at smaller size.

[xpirt]

Today I investigated about this issue and I found out the cause.
The good thing is that all the colors you mentioned are decoded properly, the bad thing is that what is not encoded properly is a reference to a framework attribute.

More specifically:

android:textColor="@com.lge:attr/textColorPrimaryType3"

in res/layout/qs_paged_tile_layout.xml, then:

< color name="qs_detail_transition">@com.lge:attr/textColorPrimaryType4< /color>

in res/values/colors.xml, and:

< item name="qs_edit_panel_drag_highlight">@com.lge:attr/colorAccentType3< /item>

in res/values/colors.xml.

So, basically all (and the only ones) references to color attrs in lge-res.apk in this format: @com.lge:attr/xxxxxxx, which in the framework's attrs.xml are reference|color.

Example, from attrs.xml:

< attr name="textColorPrimaryType3" format="reference|color" />

Finally, replacing those references with standard color types (eg. #ffffffff) fixed the issue.

[iBotPeaches]

Okay, so let me follow this to get things straight.

1. We find in res/layout/qs_paged_tile_layout.xml

android:textColor="@com.lge:attr/textColorPrimaryType3" 

2. So we follow that to the attribute based on the pkg name to lge-res.apk and res/value/attrs.xml

    <attr name="textColorPrimaryType3" format="reference|color" />

3. Its either a reference or a color, so lets check out res/value/styles.xml in lge-res.apk.

    <style name="Theme.LGE.Default" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.Light">
        <item name="textColorPrimaryType1">@color/primary_text_default_material_light_80</item>
        <item name="textColorPrimaryType2">@color/primary_text_default_material_light_70</item>
        <item name="textColorPrimaryType3">@color/primary_text_default_material_light_60</item>
    </style>

4. So lets go checkout res/values/colors.xml in lge-res.apk.

    <color name="primary_text_default_material_light_80">#cc000000</color>
    <color name="primary_text_default_material_light_70">#b2000000</color>
    <color name="primary_text_default_material_light_60">#99000000</color>

5. So going to rebuild LGSystemUI and decode it again.

Clean

        A: android:textColor(0x01010098)=(type 0x8)0x201000d

Dirty

        A: android:textColor(0x01010098)=(type 0x7)0x201000d

So we improperly converted the resource from type 8 to type 7.

    /**
     * The <var>data</var> holds a dynamic res table reference, which needs to be
     * resolved before it can be used like TYPE_REFERENCE
     */
    public static final int TYPE_DYNAMIC_REFERENCE = 0x07;
    /**
     * The <var>data</var> an attribute resource identifier, which needs to be resolved
     * before it can be used like a TYPE_ATTRIBUTE.
     */
    public static final int TYPE_DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE = 0x08;

So the correct type was TYPE_DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE, but then it became TYPE_DYNAMIC_REFERENCE which probably led to the errors.

I improperly patched the newly added TYPE_DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE as

            case TypedValue.TYPE_DYNAMIC_REFERENCE:
            case TypedValue.TYPE_DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE:
                return newReference(value, rawValue);

so I need to take another look at it.

[xpirt]

You're right, treating TYPE_DYNAMIC_ATTRIBUTE as TYPE_ATTRIBUTE fixes the issue.

Sent also a pull request, 983e0ad.

Tested and working just fine, thank you!