Decompiling .apk files

decompile_apk.txt

# install decompiler
brew install dex2jar; brew install jadx; brew install apktool; brew cask install jd-gui

Forum:= https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-platform
Config:= java -Xmx512m
Download from:= https://bitbucket.org/mstrobel/procyon/downloads/

USING apktool
1. apktool d sample_app.apk -o apktool_sample_app

USING jadx
  Method 1
    1. unzip sample_app.apk -d sample_app (#extract .apk into a directory)
    2. cd sample_app
    3. jadx -d decompiled classes.dex
    4. cd decompiled

  Method 2
    1. unzip sample_app.apk -d sample_app (#extract .apk into a directory)
    2. cd sample_app
    3. jadx-gui (navigate to classes.dex)

USING jd-gui
  1. d2j-dex2jar sample_app.apk -o sample_app.jar
  2. Open jd-gui and locate the sample_app.jar

USING procyon-decompiler
  1. d2j-dex2jar sample_app.apk -o sample_app.jar
  2.java -jar ~/Downloads/procyon-decompiler-0.5.36.jar -o fiddle sample_app.jar