apktool(1) tool for reverse engineering Android apk files

DESCRIPTION

usage: apktool
-advance,--advanced
prints advance information.
-version,--version
prints the version then exits

usage: apktool if|install-framework [options] <framework.apk>

-p,--frame-path <dir>
Stores framework files into <dir>.
-t,--tag <tag>
Tag frameworks using <tag>.

usage: apktool d[ecode] [options] <file_apk>

-f,--force
Force delete destination directory.
-o,--output <dir>
The name of folder that gets written. Default is apk.out
-p,--frame-path <dir>
Uses framework files located in <dir>.
-r,--no-res
Do not decode resources.
-s,--no-src
Do not decode sources.
-t,--frame-tag <tag>
Uses framework files tagged by <tag>.

usage: apktool b[uild] [options] <app_path>

-f,--force-all
Skip changes detection and build all files.
-o,--output <dir>
The name of apk that gets written. Default is dist/name.apk
-p,--frame-path <dir>
Uses framework files located in <dir>.

For additional info, see: http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/ For smali/baksmali info, see: http://code.google.com/p/smali/