Exploring APK with aapt2: Android Resource Management Tool

Discover the capabilities of aapt2, the Android Asset Packaging Tool version 2, for analyzing APK files. Learn how to extract information from APKs, including manifest details, resource configurations, permissions, string pools, and more, using a variety of commands provided by aapt2.

Print the contents of the AAPT2 Container (APC) generated fom compilation

aapt2 dump apc base.apk

Print information extracted from the manifest of the APK

aapt2 dump badging base.apk

Print every configuration used by a resource in the APK

aapt2 dump configurations base.apk

Print the permissions extracted from the manifest of the APK

aapt2 dump permissions base.apk

Print the contents of the resource table string pool in the APK

aapt2 dump strings base.apk

Print the parents of a style in an APK

aapt2 dump styleparents base.apk

Print the contents of the resource table from the APK

aapt2 dump resources base.apk

Print the chunk information of the compiled resources.arsc in the APK

aapt2 dump chunks base.apk

Print the string pool of a compiled xml in an APK

aapt dump xmltree base.apk AndroidManifest.xml > AndroidManifest.txt

Print the tree of a compiled xml in an APK

aapt2 dump xmltree base.apk

Print the resources of an APK

aapt2 dump overlayable base.apk