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Subject: Re: binary AndroidManifest.xml, resource ID to string. How to ?
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Andy,

> It looked like it would even extract the numbered resource files, but I
> didn't run it.

Extracting from an APK is easy enough (7-zip "for teh win").  What would
those numbered resource files supposed to look like ?   I can see a few
files with digits in them (v??, ??dp), but nothing that I would call a
numbered file.

> I also saw various code libraries for reading compressed apks, search AXML
> or ABX

"compressed apks" as in zipped-up ?  Or something special ?

But when I need stuff like that I'll probably try myself first. Yep, I'm
that kind of hobbyist. :-)

Although my current proggie only shows resource-IDs and not strings (file
paths?), it already does what I wanted from it : extract the requested
permissions for my viewing.

And by {deity}, some, on the outside simple apps, want a shitload of them.
A PDF organizer seems to need 44 permissions.

>> Besides, I'm afraid that that tool won't be able to run on my current
>> machine.
>
> No JVM?

One of things, yes.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser