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aapt — Android Asset Packaging Tool: compile and package an Android app's resources. More information: <htt

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Problem

How to use the aapt command: Android Asset Packaging Tool: compile and package an Android app's resources. More information: <https://manned.org/aapt>.

Solution

aapt — Android Asset Packaging Tool: compile and package an Android app's resources. More information: <https://manned.org/aapt>.

List files contained in an APK archive:

aapt list {{path/to/app}}.apk

Display an app's metadata (version, permissions, etc.):

aapt dump badging {{path/to/app}}.apk

Create a new APK archive with files from the specified directory:

aapt package -F {{path/to/app}}.apk {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

List files contained in an APK archive

aapt list {{path/to/app}}.apk

Display an app's metadata (version, permissions, etc.)

aapt dump badging {{path/to/app}}.apk

Create a new APK archive with files from the specified directory

aapt package -F {{path/to/app}}.apk {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aapt

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