Apktool v2.0.0 Released

Apktool v2.0.0 has been released! The 2.x release was started on May 19, 2013. Almost 2 years later it has finally been released. Now, we have had beta releases and release candidates for awhile so we didn't have a blackout of apktool for 23 months.

This release had 49 commits by the following 6 people

• Connor Tumbleson (iBotPeaches) - 41 commits
• Greg Leach (simtel12) - 3 commits
• Rover12421 - 2 commits
• thuxnder - 1 commit
• Jeremy Hornberger (jhornber) - 1 commit
• Furniel - 1 commit

With the release of v2.0.0. Apktool will adopt Semantic Versioning.

Changes since RC4

• Android 5.1 Support
• New Apktool website since Googlecode is shutting down.
• [#658] - Fixed issue with double escaping of & and <. (Thanks jhornber)
• [#840] - Add support for BCP-47 tags.
• [#878] - Fixed issue with unknown files not respecting compression method. (Thanks simtel12)
• [#890] - Fixed issue with apktool branding apks with platformBuildName.
• [#904] - Fixed issue with multiple dex files skipped when using -s.
• [#636] - Fixed issue with @string references in <provider> attributes.
• Increased performance. (Thanks thuxnder & rover12421)
• Fixed issue decoding .spi files as 9 patch images. (Thanks Furniel)

Notes

If this is your first v2.x release. Read the migration instructions here.

Android 5.1 support was added, so please delete the file at $HOME/apktool/framework/1.apk before trying 2.0.0. A change in the internal framework requires this file to be deleted.

Download

• Apktool 2.0.0 - md5 9b324375e115acd09932d73e25fc741b
  • Rename to apktool.jar and follow Instruction Guide if you need help.

Links

• Project Site
• Github
• Bug Tracker
• XDA Thread