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AndroidApexTools

A tool to help unpack and repack Android apex packages

Project address: https://github.com/wcedla/AndroidApexTools

Features

Currently only supports Linux and WSL subsystem, tested on Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL2 on Win10

1. Install Python 3 and Dependencies

First, grant execute permissions to the folder.
```
cd path/to/script
chmod -R a+x .
```
Then, install Python 3.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3
```
Next, install Python 3-pip.
```
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
```
After that, install Protobuf.
```
pip3 install protobuf==3.17.3
sudo pip3 install protobuf==3.17.3
```
2. Unpack
```
cd path/to/script
sudo python3 ./deapexer.py extract ./foo.apex
```
After unpacking, manifest and payload folders will be generated under the script path. The manifest folder contains metadata that usually doesn't need modification. The payload folder contains the extracted img files from the original apex, which can be modified.

23. Repack
```
cd path/to/script
sudo python3 ./apexer.py --api 33 ./bar.apex
```
Make sure there are manifest and payload folders under the current path. The api parameter specifies the Android api version for this apex and is required.

Note: The repacked apex will have a different signature from the system signature and needs core patch to work.