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The reason is that after the modification, the checksum and the signature are not valid anymore. The following screenshot displays the error when installing the modified sample application myApp.apk on an Android device: apk on the smartphone (or tablet or similar), you’ll get an error. So you can easily open it and view the files – although viewing most of the files won’t make you happy, because you’ll realize that they’re compiled, in binary format, etcĪnyways, you can open the archive and then modify any resource file and save the modification in the archive.īut if you afterwards try to install the. apk file is a simple archive that can be opened with any packager like e.g. apk file represents the mobile application as it is installed on a mobile device, like smartphone, tablet, wearable, etc. Today I’d like to share with you my findings about how an existing.
