Android Question unpack / pack .apk

[hanyelmehy]

i want to make simple browser app that displays html files from /assets in a full screen WebView.
The idea is , Any user can change those scripts himself without need of recompiling the APK.

i try simply to :
Rename .apk to .zip
Extract .zip
Zip the folder to .zip
Rename to .apk

once my phone tries to install the new APK, a problem arises related to parsing
any recommendation to make above procedure correctly

 

[sorex]

I'm not sure if that would work since the package gets signed or something.

 

[lemonisdead]

The best way in my opinion is to provide the same apk for all which will load the different resources from an external archive or directory

 

[susu]

i want to make simple browser app that displays html files from /assets in a full screen WebView.
The idea is , Any user can change those scripts himself without need of recompiling the APK.

i try simply to :
Rename .apk to .zip
Extract .zip
Zip the folder to .zip
Rename to .apk

once my phone tries to install the new APK, a problem arises related to parsing
any recommendation to make above procedure correctly

You choose the hardest way but if you still want to do it. Try apk-signer (link)
It's easier to do with Lemonisdead's way.