Is it possible to view Androidmanifest.xml file?

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I just changed the extension of the apk file to zip. This zip file contains the Androidmanifest.xml file. But I am unable view the contents of Androidmanifest.xml. It is fully encrypted.

How can I view the Androidmanifest.xml file?

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Yes you can view XML files of an Android APK file. There is a tool for this: android-apktool

It is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps

How to do this on your Windows System:

1. Unpack both to your Windows directory

Now copy the APK file also in that directory and run the following command in your command prompt:

This will create a directory 'HelloWorld' in your current directory. Inside it you can find the AndroidManifest.xml file in decrypted format, and you can also find other XML files inside the 'HelloWorld/res/layout' directory.

Here HelloWorld.apk is your Android APK file.

See the below screen shot for more information:

Android Studio can now show this. Go to Build >Analyze APK... and select your apk. Then you can see the content of the AndroidManifset file.

In this thread, Dianne Hackborn tells us we can get info out of the AndroidManifest using aapt.

I whipped up this quick unix command to grab the version info:

aapt d xmltree com.package.apk AndroidManifest.xml

will dump the AndroidManifest.xml from the specified APK. It's not in XML form, but you can still read it.

aapt (Android Asset Packaging Tool) is a built in tool that comes with the Android SDK.

Google has just released a cross-platform open source tool for inspecting APKs (among many other binary Android formats):

ClassyShark is a standalone binary inspection tool for Android developers. It can reliably browse any Android executable and show important info such as class interfaces and members, dex counts and dependencies. ClassyShark supports multiple formats including libraries (.dex, .aar, .so), executables (.apk, .jar, .class) and all Android binary XMLs: AndroidManifest, resources, layouts etc.

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You can use this command: save to fileAndroidManifest.txt

The AXMLParser and APKParser.jar can also do the job, you can see the link. AXMLParser

There is an online tool that lets you upload an APK It decompiles it and finally lets you to download a zip with all sources, manifest XML file and so on decompiled, all of that without having to install any program on your computer:http://www.javadecompilers.com/apk

Also if you wish just to check on some params you can, by their UI

You can use apkanalyzer, the command-line version of the APK Analyzer bundled with the Android SDK. Just execute the following command on the CLI:

You only have to replace /path/to/android-sdk with the correct path to your version of the Android SDK, and /path/to/app.apk with the path to your APK file.

You can also use my app, App Detective to view the manifest file of any app you have installed on your device.

Aapt2, included in the Android SDK build tools can do this - no third party tools needed.

This is an old thread, but I thought I would mention, of your phone has root, you can view it directly on your phone using the root explorer app. You don't even have to extract it to see.

The file needs to be decompiled (or deodex'd not sure which one). But here's another way to do it:

To decode the AndroidManifest.xml file using axmldec:

or

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