iBotPeaches/Apktool

Apktool is a command-line utility for reverse-engineering, modifying, and rebuilding Android APK files. It provides comprehensive support for decoding and building APKs, including resource tables, XML manifests, and Smali bytecode, while also handling framework dependencies and multi-DEX structures. The system has been refactored from a mixed Java/Native codebase to a pure Java implementation, eliminating dependencies on external native libraries and improving security through secure XML and YAML parsing utilities.

This period focused on eliminating dependencies on native code (JNI) and C++ libraries, replacing them with pure Java implementations for resource and XML parsing. The project also modernized its build system by migrating to Gradle and refactoring the core APK decoding and building logic into dedicated, configurable components.

15 changes

This period focused on modernizing the project's build infrastructure by migrating to Gradle Kotlin DSL and implementing centralized dependency management. Concurrently, the codebase underwent significant architectural improvements, including the introduction of comprehensive unit tests, the restructuring of exception handling, and the refactoring of resource decoding and metadata serialization into dedicated classes.

9 changes

This period focused on modernizing the codebase's handling of Android resources and XML data. The team introduced new domain models for resource tables and values, added utilities for secure and normalized XML processing, and implemented multi-DEX support for Smali compilation and disassembly.

11 changes

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