This library is developed based on AOSP structure of androidfw/ResourceTypes.h , to totally replace aapt/aapt2
- Resource table (resources.arsc)
- Binary xml files (AndroidManifest.xml & resource xml)
- Decodes resources to readable json
- Encodes/Builds sources in json format to binary resources
- Decodes resources to source code
- Encodes/Builds source XML to binary resources
1- Decoding resources to XML requires all source names should be un-obfuscated and valid
2- User of this lib is assumed to have good knowledge of android source XML syntax, thus
during encoding/building it does not validate or throw XML syntax errors as often as aapt/aapt2. For
example, you are allowed to set wrong values on some places and doesn't prevent from
successful building. On AndroidManifest.xml you can set package="Wrong 😂 (package) name!"
then you have to know such values are acceptable by android devices.
Check this tool developed using this library https://github.com/REAndroid/APKEditor
- Maven
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
implementation("io.github.reandroid:ARSCLib:+")
}- Jar
dependencies {
implementation(files("$rootProject.projectDir/libs/ARSCLib.jar"))
}git clone https://github.com/REAndroid/ARSCLib.git
cd ARSCLib
./gradlew jar
# Built jar will be placed ./build/libs/ARSCLib-x.x.x.jar Java example
import com.reandroid.apk.AndroidFrameworks;
import com.reandroid.apk.ApkModule;
import com.reandroid.apk.FrameworkApk;
import com.reandroid.archive.ByteInputSource;
import com.reandroid.arsc.chunk.PackageBlock;
import com.reandroid.arsc.chunk.TableBlock;
import com.reandroid.arsc.chunk.xml.AndroidManifestBlock;
import com.reandroid.arsc.chunk.xml.ResXmlAttribute;
import com.reandroid.arsc.chunk.xml.ResXmlElement;
import com.reandroid.arsc.coder.EncodeResult;
import com.reandroid.arsc.coder.ValueCoder;
import com.reandroid.arsc.value.Entry;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ARSCLibExample {
public static void createNewApk() throws IOException {
ApkModule apkModule = new ApkModule();
TableBlock tableBlock = new TableBlock();
AndroidManifestBlock manifest = new AndroidManifestBlock();
apkModule.setTableBlock(tableBlock);
apkModule.setManifest(manifest);
FrameworkApk framework = apkModule.initializeAndroidFramework(
AndroidFrameworks.getLatest().getVersionCode());
PackageBlock packageBlock = tableBlock.newPackage(0x7f, "com.example");
Entry appIcon = packageBlock.getOrCreate("", "drawable", "ic_launcher");
EncodeResult color = ValueCoder.encode("#006400");
appIcon.setValueAsRaw(color.valueType, color.value);
Entry appNameDefault = packageBlock.getOrCreate("", "string", "app_name");
appNameDefault.setValueAsString("My Application");
Entry appNameDe = packageBlock.getOrCreate("-de", "string", "app_name");
appNameDe.setValueAsString("Meine Bewerbung");
Entry appNameRu = packageBlock.getOrCreate("-ru-rRU", "string", "app_name");
appNameRu.setValueAsString("Мое заявление");
manifest.setPackageName("com.example");
manifest.setVersionCode(100);
manifest.setVersionName("1.0.0");
manifest.setIconResourceId(appIcon.getResourceId());
manifest.setCompileSdkVersion(framework.getVersionCode());
manifest.setCompileSdkVersionCodename(framework.getVersionName());
manifest.setPlatformBuildVersionCode(framework.getVersionCode());
manifest.setPlatformBuildVersionName(framework.getVersionName());
manifest.addUsesPermission("android.permission.INTERNET");
manifest.addUsesPermission("android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE");
//all appName entries created above have the same resource ids
manifest.setApplicationLabel(appNameDefault.getResourceId());
ResXmlElement mainActivity = manifest.getOrCreateMainActivity("android.app.Activity");
ResXmlAttribute labelAttribute = mainActivity
.getOrCreateAndroidAttribute(AndroidManifestBlock.NAME_label, AndroidManifestBlock.ID_label);
labelAttribute.setValueAsString("Hello World");
//Android os requires at least one dex file on base apk
ByteInputSource dummyDex = new ByteInputSource(new byte[0], "classes.dex");
apkModule.add(dummyDex);
File outFile = new File("test_out.apk");
apkModule.writeApk(outFile);
//Sign and install
}
}