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title: "What is AAPT?"  
description: "What is AAPT?"  
author: "AVADHESH PATEL"  
published: 2013-06-03  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1748/what-is-aapt  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is AAPT?

**AAPT** is short for **Android Asset Packaging Tool**. This tool provides developers with the ability to **deal with zip-compatible archives**, which includes creating, extracting as well as viewing its contents.\

## Answers

### Answer by AVADHESH PATEL

**AAPT** is short for **Android Asset Packaging Tool**. This tool provides developers with the ability to **deal with zip-compatible archives**, which includes creating, extracting as well as viewing its contents.\


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