APK File

[aaronk]

Hello,

Just wondering if someone got a APK file could they view the source code to that file?

Or, is it like a .exe file that you can't view the source code once it has been created?

 

[mc73]

You can always reverse engineer executables.

 

[margret]

It is like an .exe file. The source is not there for the most common customer. But like mc73 said, it can be decompiled just like an .exe file can. In most terms you are as safe with an .apk file as you are the .exe file.

 

[rbsoft]

An apk file is actually a zip file. If you have a "xyz.apk" rename it to "xyz.apk.zip" or so, open it with a zip program. Then you can view it's contents.

You can use Code Obfuscation in B4A to make Reverse engineering a little more difficult.


Rolf

 

[warwound]

dex2jar can be used to decompile the APK's dex files back to java jar files.

From there jd-gui can be used to view the jar source code.

Martin.