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Apktool 2.2.0

Connor Tumbleson
Connor Tumbleson
Maintainer of Apktool
caution

This release changes the default location for framework files on Linux and Windows. You may migrate with the following commands:

  • Windows - move %USERPROFILE%\apktool %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local
  • Linux - mkdir -p ~/.local/share; mv ~/apktool ~/.local/share
  • Updated smali/baksmali to v2.1.3
    • Fixed upstream issue where debug comment indexes can cause out of bounds exception. (#1269)
  • Default framework changed on Windows & Unix to prevent visible top level home directories. (#1277)
  • Fixed issue where extensions would be different cases. (#1258)
  • Fixed issue with APKs that had no versionCode / versionName properties. (#1264)
  • Fixed issue with improper decoding of @empty value. (#1270) / Thanks phhusson
  • Fixed issue with improper compression with files with multiple extensions. (#1244)
  • Fixed issue with overflow for applications that have absurdly large TypeSpec indexes. (#1185)
  • Fixed issue with hex values being truncated in AndroidManifest.xml. (#972)
  • Replaced public domain LittleEndianReader for Google's Guava LittleEndianDataInputStream (Apache2). (#1166) / Thanks amorris
  • Fixed issue with APKs that have duplicate value names by creating dummy names. (#894)
  • Adjust mac and unix scripts to force UTF8 file encoding.
  • Fixed public resource reference error when using references in android:scheme in AndroidManifest.xml. (#1097)
  • Fixed issue with APKs where parent reference in styles.xml is not found. (#745)

This post was originally released at: https://connortumbleson.com/2016/08/07/apktool-v2-2-0-released and duplicated in part here for historical reasons.

Apktool 2.1.1

Connor Tumbleson
Connor Tumbleson
Maintainer of Apktool
  • Fixed issue where APK would identify as wrong packageId (#1220)
  • Include the AndroidManifest.xml file from the framework being installed to satisfy default aapt. (#1224) / Thanks BurgerZ
  • Restore -d / --debug-mode to simply change android:debuggable in AndroidManifest.xml. (#1235) / Thanks Benjamin-Dobell
  • Insert literal versionName if it is a reference to satisfy aapt. (#1234) / Thanks padlar
  • Fix Samsung apks that have an unknown 4 bytes. (#1131)
  • Prevent manifest rename for Adobe AIR applications. (#1240)

This post was originally released at: https://connortumbleson.com/2016/05/07/apktool-v2-1-1-released and duplicated in part here for historical reasons.