Intro

Alternative android sdk is a collection of opensource utilities with some modifications, It can be used for these purpose: 1. apk reverse engineering.(with apktool/smali/baksmali/dex2jar/dava) 1. learning/developing smali language and run simple dex file under PC.(with smali/baksamli/pure java dalvikvm) 1. develop android App but do not want to use official SDK.(javac/android.jar api16/dx/apktool/aapt/aidl) 1. pure 64bit environment and do not like to install 32bit Android SDK with a lot of 32bit support libraries.(with android-utils, you need compile it yourself)

Components

1. Standalone aapt/adb/acp/aidl/zipalign extracted from original android source tree.These utilities can be compiled as 64bit native or 32bit native.
2. Android.jar API16 and dx from original android SDK.
3. Smali/Baksmali to decode/encode dex file
4. Pure java dalvikvm modified from "android-dalvik-vm-on-java"
5. dex2jar/dava to decompile dex to classes and java codes.
6. apktool to extract and rebuild a APK file.
7. Droiddraw GUI Builder.
8. apk signer.
9. A wrapper script to make everything easy.
10. Examples include java/smali helloworld and a simple UI App that can be build with this SDK.

Download

Android-utils ported from Android 4.1.2 source tree include aapt/adb/acp/aidl/zipalign. the porting scripts can be found in SVN.

https://ios-toolchain-based-on-clang-for-linux.googlecode.com/files/android-utils-4.1.2-r1.tar.gz

And a latest version from android git source tree.

https://ios-toolchain-based-on-clang-for-linux.googlecode.com/files/android-utils-4.4-r1.tar.gz

Apkutil include all other arch independent components

https://ios-toolchain-based-on-clang-for-linux.googlecode.com/files/apkutil-4.1.2-r3.tar.gz

Build and Install

For android-utils:

$tar zxvf android-utils-4.1.2-r1.tar.gz $cd android-utils $./autogen.sh $./configure --prefix=/usr $make;make install

It will install adb/aapt/acp/aidl/zipalign to /usr/bin, if you want to install them to non-standard path, please specify the prefix when "configure" and make sure that your installation path is in PATH env.

For apkutils:

Just extract it to anywhere you want and link apkutil.sh to /usr/bin/apkutil

Examples

There are some examples shipped with the sdk, Please $cd apkutils/example for more information.

And More

``` Usage: apkutil

command list: deapk -- decompile apk file enapk -- re-compile directory to apk if -- install framework file to your system which needed by apktool

baksmali -- use baksmali to decode dex file smali -- use smali to encode smalis to dex dalvikvm -- use pure java dalvikvm to run simple dex file

dex2jar -- convert dex to jar jar2dex -- convert jar to dex

droiddraw -- GUI builder installagent-- install droiddraw agent to device agentforward-- setup agentforward rule

genrjava -- generate R.java javac -- javac wrapper with classpath set to android-4.1 framwork dava -- java decompiler

dx -- dx wrapper

sign -- sign apk with testkey

setdevice -- setup device for adb adb -- android adb wrapper adbrun -- run command with adb adbshell -- launch adb shell adbpush -- adb push wrapper

zipalign -- zipalign wrapper aapt -- aapt wrapper aidl -- aidl wrapper ```