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decompiling DEX into Java sourcecode

Royce Roy 2693 11 Jun 2015
How can one decompile Android DEX (VM bytecode) files into corresponding Java sourcecode?
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Updated 11 Jun 2015
Royce Roy
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Anonymous User 11 Jun 2015
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Get these tools:

1) dex2jar, , which is made by a Chinese student. It will translate dex files to jar files

2) jd-gui to view the java files in the jar

The source code is quite readable as dex2jar makes some optimizations.

Procedure:

And here's the procedure on how to decompile:

Step 1:

Convert classes.dex in test_apk-debug.apk to test_apk-debug_dex2jar.jar

d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar apk_to_decompile.apk
Note: In the Windows machines all the .sh scripts are replaced by .bat scripts

Step 2:

Open the jar in JD-GUI
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