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2026-06-20

Getting and Decompiling an APK

Androidapktoolreverse engineeringadb

Getting the apk

Before decompiling an application we first need to get the application. For that we use the following commands:

code
adb shell
pm list packages
pm path
adb pull <PATH>

Decompiling

We can use an application like apktool to decompile an application:

code
# Decompile an application
apktool d <APK>

# Build the application
apktool b <APK_PATH>
APK workflow recall5 blanks

List installed packages with pm , find a path with pm , and copy the APK off the device with adb . Decompile it with apktool and rebuild with apktool .

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