It's hard to edit and there is some additional content towards the end of the file, may be checksum. If I try to edit the file without touching checksum, application install fails.
On Apr 7, 2:28 pm, strazzere <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried looking at your own compile androidmanifest.xml and the > original? > > I'm not hard to do by hand, and I'm not positive, but I doubt there > are any tools to reverse it. > > On Apr 7, 5:17 pm, sumd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to extract the original androidmanifest.xml (ascii) > > from the apk with any of the tools? (aapt or ?) > > > Thanks > > > On Apr 7, 11:04 am, strazzere <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd assume there is some sort of checksum value in the > > > androidmanifest.xml -- since that method of resigning the application > > > should work fine, though it isn't recommended. > > > > On Apr 6, 2:20 pm, sumd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I'm using the simple test app - HelloActivity. > > > > > I tried the following steps to unsign: > > > > 1. renamed the HelloTest.apk to HelloTest.zip and unzipped the > > > > contents to HelloTest. > > > > 2. Deleted files CERT.RSA, CERT.SF under META-INF > > > > 3. Deleted everything from the file MANIFEST.MF except the following > > > > lines: > > > > Manifest-Version: 1.0 > > > > Created-By: 1.0 (Android) > > > > > Then I opened AndroidManifest.xml with Hex editor and changed the > > > > activity name from ".HelloTest" to "com.mytests.android.HelloTest" > > > > > Zipped everything back to HelloTest.apk and resigned with > > > > jarsigner -verbose -keystore my.keystore FirstTest.apk alias_name > > > > > When I try to install this, I'm getting error: Failure > > > > [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK]. > > > > > Do I need to remove any additional content from AndroidManifest.xml > > > > after editing the file? > > > > Or it's not allowed to change the manifest file inside the apk? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > sumd > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
