{"id":2737,"date":"2016-02-05T02:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T02:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pir8geek.com\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2016-02-05T02:22:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T02:22:49","slug":"apk-studio-cross-platform-qt5-based-ide-for-reverse-engineering-android-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/?p=2737","title":{"rendered":"APK Studio &#8211; Cross-platform Qt5 based IDE for reverse-engineering android applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/apkstudio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APK Studio<\/a> is a <em>cross-platform IDE<\/em> for reverse-engineering (decompiling\/editing) &amp; recompiling of android application binaries within a single user-interface. It features a friendly layout, with a code editor which support syntax highlighting for Android SMALI (*.smali) code files.<br \/>\n<strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure JAVA_HOME point to a valid JDK (JRE may not work)<\/li>\n<li>You should also install or have ADB in PATH. This can be done on debian{-based} distros as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb\n<\/pre>\n<p>You can then download, install &amp; start de\/re-compiling<br \/>\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> If you encounter any problems, make sure to check Console Output at bottom of IDE to get the output of command which was actually executed by program. Report any issues related to APK Studio <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/apkstudio\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here <\/a>on Github. Please note, an issue with apktool is not an issue with APK Studio. Please verify the context of issue before opening a ticket.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"download\">Download:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Native installers for supported platforms are <a href=\"https:\/\/bintray.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/generic\/apkstudio\/view\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/installbuilder.bitrock.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Many thanks to BitRock for donating license for InstallBuilder.\" src=\"https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/apkstudio\/master\/external\/bitrock.png\" alt=\"Installers by BitRock\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Building (Linux):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have GCC 4.6+, QT 5.2+<\/li>\n<li>Run below commands in a writable directory\n<pre>git clone https:\/\/github.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/apkstudio.git\ncd apkstudio\nlrelease res\/lang\/en.ts\nqmake apkstudio.pro CONFIG+=release\n# {IF} On KDE 5.x\nexport CXXFLAGS=\"$CXXFLAGS -DNO_NATIVE_DIALOG\"\n# {\/IF}\nmake\n<\/pre>\n<p>More information on building from source is provided in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/vaibhavpandeyvpz\/apkstudio\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wiki<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decompile\/Recompile APK<\/li>\n<li>Flexible Keystore &amp; Key-Alias Chooser<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Zip-align<\/li>\n<li>Syntax Highlighting (*.java; *.smali; *.xml; *.yml)<\/li>\n<li>Image Viewer For Resources<\/li>\n<li>One-click <strong>Install<\/strong> To Device<\/li>\n<li>Frameworks Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Todo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Code Completion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Screenshots:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pir8geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/windows-1.png\" alt=\"windows-1\" width=\"816\" height=\"639\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pir8geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/linux-2.png\" alt=\"linux-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pir8geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/linux-1.png\" alt=\"linux-1\" width=\"802\" height=\"625\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nSame as <a href=\"http:\/\/ibotpeaches.github.io\/Apktool\/\">apktool<\/a>, <strong>APK Studio<\/strong> is neither intended for piracy nor other non-legal uses. It could be used for localizing, adding some features or support for custom platforms, analyzing applications &amp; much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APK Studio is a cross-platform IDE for reverse-engineering (decompiling\/editing) &amp; recompiling of android application binaries within a single user-interface. It features a friendly layout, with a code editor which support syntax highlighting for Android SMALI (*.smali) code files. 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