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APK Explorer & Editor

An open-source APK explorer/Editor & Split APK/App bundle Installer for Android!
New in version v0.25
* Implemented binary xml (e.g., AndroidManifest.xml) decoding & encoding (might still be buggy for large APKs).
* Fixed APK signing on Android 11 and above (now used v2, v3, and v4 schemes).
* Now uses own library to parse APK details.
* Fixed setting page not showing proper status.
* Largely improved picking app bundles for installation.
* Fixed crashes while searching apps.
* Reorganized and improved coding style.
* Updated build tools and dependencies.
* Added Ukrainian and Arabic (UAE) trans
APK Explorer & Editor (AEE) includes a set of open-source tools mainly designed to explore the contents of an installed application on an Android device. Additionally, AEE offers a feature-rich APK/Split APK's/App bundle installer which allows users to pick and install files from device storage. Please Note: This is the full version of AEE. The Google Play version lacks editing capabilities as well as features such as APK/App Bundle signing.

Features

* A beautifully designed list view of installed applications.
* Explore and navigate through the contents of an installed application.
* Export and easily manage (install, share etc.) APK's/Split APK's into device storage.
* Includes a feature-rich APK/Split APK/App bundle installer (easily pick and install files from device storage)
* Easily extract an app icon by single-clicking on it.
* Provides basic information about important resource files.
* View graphics, texts, binary XML, and many more.
* Save/Export individual resource files to device storage.
* Edit text/binary XML files using an in-built text editor (still, a bit buggy especially when working with big APK's).
* Delete or replaces resources.
* Assemble modified smali files into new classes (.dex).
* Create signed APK's/App Bundles after the above-mentioned processes.
* Resign APK's/bundles with AEE custom key.
* Elegantly designed user interface with an auto-dark/light theme.
* A lot more.

Translations

Please help me to translate this application via POEditor. You may also translate after downloading the original language string available GitHub.

Documentation

- How-To

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version v0.25 (25) suggested Added on 2023-02-12

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • request install packages
      Allows an application to request installation of packages.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • query all packages
      Allows an app to see all installed packages.
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 3.2 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version v0.24 (24) - Added on 2022-10-13

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • request install packages
      Allows an application to request installation of packages.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • query all packages
      Allows an app to see all installed packages.
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version v0.23 (23) - Added on 2022-07-17

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • request install packages
      Allows an application to request installation of packages.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • query all packages
      Allows an app to see all installed packages.
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.

    Download APK 3 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log