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title: "What is AAPT?"  
description: "What is AAPT?"  
author: "Barbara Jones"  
published: 2014-10-28  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2233/what-is-aapt  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android sdk"]  
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 Barbara Jones

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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