Yes you can view or decrypt the XML
files of an Android APK
file. There is a tool android-apktool
It is a tool for reengineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps
How to do this on your Windows System:
- Download apktool-install-windows-* file
- Download apktool-* file
- Unpack both to your Windows directory
Now copy the APK
file also in that directory and run the following command in your command prompt:
apktool d HelloWorld.apk ./HelloWorld
This will create and directory “HelloWorld
” in your current directory. Inside it you can find theAndroidManifest.xml
file in decrypted form and you can also find other XML
files inside the"HelloWorld/res/layout"
directory.
Here HelloWorld.apk
is your Android APK file.
See the below screen shot for more information:
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Now that you’re finished. You probably want to this folder into Eclipse and Edit. Here’s a guide for that. Click Meh