APK Static Toolkit | Android Package Kit (APK) Analysing Toolkit

   

Install required tools on Linux

For Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04

sudo apt-get update

Install required python libs

pip install

python -m venv w_apk
source w_apk/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

conda install

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda install --file requirements_conda.txt

graph TD
    A["APK"]
    B["Manifest<br>(AndroidManifest.xml)"]
    C["Signatures<br>(META-INF)"]
    D["Assets<br>(assets/)"]
    E["Compiled resources<br>(resources.arsc)"]
    F["Native libraries<br>(lib/)"]
    G["Dalvik bytecode<br>(classes.dex)"]
    H["Resources<br>(res/)"]
    
    A --> B
    A --> C
    A --> D
    A --> E
    A --> F
    A --> G
    A --> H

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Explanation of the components:

• Manifest (AndroidManifest.xml): Contains essential information about the application, such as its package name, components (activities, services, etc.), permissions, and hardware/software requirements.
• Signatures (META-INF/): Directory containing the signature files used to verify the integrity and authenticity of the APK.
• Assets (assets/): Directory containing application assets, such as raw data files, that are not compiled into resources.
• Compiled resources (resources.arsc): A compiled resource file that indexes and contains all the non-code resources of the application (e.g., strings, layouts, drawables).
• Native libraries (lib/): Directory containing compiled code that is specific to a particular device's processor architecture (e.g., .so files).
• Dalvik bytecode (classes.dex): Contains the compiled Java code of the application, optimized for the Dalvik or ART (Android Runtime) virtual machine.
• Resources (res/): Directory containing the application's resources, such as layouts, drawables (images), strings, and values (colors, dimensions, etc.). These resources are typically compiled into resources.arsc.

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