How can I programmatically extract a file quickly and efficiently within Android?

How can I programatically decompile dex files within Android?

• I know how to extract apk files to classes using a windows based system as below: Step 1:Renaming .apk file Rename the .apk file with the extension .zip (for example let the file be "demofile.apk" then after renaming it becomes "demofile.apk.zip") Step 2:Getting java files from apk Now extract the renamed zip file in specific folder, for example let that folder be "demofolder". Now Download dex2jar from the link for windows and extract that zip file in folder "demofolder". Now open command prompt and go to the folder created in previous step and type the command "dex2jar classes.dex" and press enter.This will generate "classes.dex.dex2jar" file in the same folder. Now Download java decompiler from the link and extract it and start(double click) jd-gui.exe From jd-gui window browse the generated "classes.dex.dex2jar" file in demofolder, this will give all the class files by src name. Now from the File menu select "save all sources" this will generate a zip file named "classes_dex2jar.src.zip" consisting of all packages and java files. Extract that zip file (classes_dex2jar.src.zip) and you will get all java files of the application. Above steps will generate java files but to get xml files perform following steps. Step 3:Getting xml files from apk Download apktool and apktool install from the link and extract both files and place it in the same folder (for example "demoxmlfolder"). Place the .apk file in same folder (i.e demoxmlfolder) Now open command prompt and goto the directory where apktool is stored (here "demoxmlfolder") and type the command "apktool if framework-res.apk" Above command should result in "Framework installed ..." Now in command prompt type the command "apktool d filename.apk" (where filename is name of apk file) This will generate a folder of name filename in current directory (here demoxmlfolder) where all xml files would be stored in res\layout folder. But I would like to know how to accomplish the above programatically within Android. So my android application can simply extract another app's dex file. I don't mind if the dex file is copied elsewhere on the phone, then decompiled (it is simply the decompilation I'm stuck on) On the principle as below, that I have access to each app's dex, just not the knowledge of how to decompile it within Android. Any help would be fantastic. final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); PackageInfo packageInfo = null; try { packageInfo = pm.getPackageInfo("PACKAGE NAME HERE", PackageManager.GET_META_DATA); } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } File file = new File(packageInfo.applicationInfo.sourceDir); Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);

• Answer:

  You can browse the sourcecode of the ShowJava application https://github.com/niranjan94/show-java. It looks like he is using the the Dex2Jar tool. The decompilation starts in a https://github.com/niranjan94/show-java/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/njlabs/showjava/processor/ProcessService.java and all the magic happens in some special Jar classes. I do not know if this code comes from a library or if all this code is created by him. Look at the https://github.com/niranjan94/show-java/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/njlabs/showjava/processor/ProcessService.java#L203 and the https://github.com/niranjan94/show-java/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/njlabs/showjava/processor/ProcessService.java#L240 method than it shouldn't be to hard to understand what's going on.