Is ApkTool lossless or not? Can I use it to modify my *own* apk and will it introduce bugs? #2730
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Hi thank you so much for the lib! I wonder whether it is lossless or not? I have my own project and want to modify an already generated I am worried: If I use |
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I've moved this to discussions. Apktool is NOT loseless. It can and possibly might introduce bugs, there is just a nature of disassembling source and reassembling (smali) and breaking down Though, I did see in history one major company Niantic did use Apktool to once release a version of Ingress on a different package name - https://connortumbleson.com/2019/06/02/apktool-in-the-wild/ |
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I've moved this to discussions. Apktool is NOT loseless. It can and possibly might introduce bugs, there is just a nature of disassembling source and reassembling (smali) and breaking down
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and then rebuilding with aapt2 may lead to issues. Thats the nature of RE.Though, I did see in history one major company Niantic did use Apktool to once release a version of Ingress on a different package name - https://connortumbleson.com/2019/06/02/apktool-in-the-wild/