It’s easy Get these tools: dex2jar to translate dex files to jar files jd-gui to view the java files in the jar The source code is quite readable as dex2jar makes some optimizations. Procedure: And here’s the procedure on how to decompile: Step 1: Convert classes.dex in test_apk-debug.apk to test_apk-debug_dex2jar.jar d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar apk_to_decompile.apk … Read more
It looks like Google has finally implementing a workaround/fix for surpassing the 65K method limit of dex files. About the 65K Reference Limit Android application (APK) files contain executable bytecode files in the form of Dalvik Executable (DEX) files, which contain the compiled code used to run your app. The Dalvik Executable specification limits the … Read more
First, an apk file is just a modified jar file. So the real question is can they decompile the dex files inside. The answer is sort of. There are already disassemblers, such as dedexer and smali. You can expect these to only get better, and theoretically it should eventually be possible to decompile to actual … Read more
In root build.gradle file do something like: dependencies { // … implementation ‘androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1’ } android { defaultConfig { // … multiDexEnabled true } } More details here: Error:Cannot fit requested classes in a single dex file.Try supplying a main-dex list. # methods: 72477 > 65536
No need to downgrade the build tools back to 18.1.11, this issue is fixed with build tools 19.0.1. If you can’t use 19.0.1 for some reason then: Make sure that the value of android:targetSdkVersion in AndroidManifest.xml matches target=android-<value> in project.properties. If these two values are not the same, building with build tools version 19.0.0 will … Read more
About the .dex File : One of the most remarkable features of the Dalvik Virtual Machine (the workhorse under the Android system) is that it does not use Java bytecode. Instead, a homegrown format called DEX was introduced and not even the bytecode instructions are the same as Java bytecode instructions. Compiled Android application code … Read more
I tried all the above and none of them helps. finally, I find this work for me: app/build.gradle: android { defaultConfig { multiDexEnabled true } }
Update 3 (11/3/2014) Google finally released official description. Update 2 (10/31/2014) Gradle plugin v0.14.0 for Android adds support for multi-dex. To enable, you just have to declare it in build.gradle: android { defaultConfig { … multiDexEnabled true } } If your application supports Android prior to 5.0 (that is, if your minSdkVersion is 20 or … Read more
I had the same problem, quite weird because it was happening only when using Eclipse (but it was OK with Ant). This is how I fixed it: Right click on the Project Name Select Build Path -> Configure Build Path In Java Build Path, go to the tab Order and Export Uncheck your .jar library … Read more
It’s easy Get these tools: dex2jar to translate dex files to jar files jd-gui to view the java files in the jar The source code is quite readable as dex2jar makes some optimizations. Procedure: And here’s the procedure on how to decompile: Step 1: Convert classes.dex in test_apk-debug.apk to test_apk-debug_dex2jar.jar d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar apk_to_decompile.apk … Read more