After Decompiling Apk file, I get numbers instead of constants. How can I get The string values of those numbers?

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Sadly I have lost my source code of an app I had uploaded to the store. Using this site to decompile the java code: http://www.javadecompilers.com/apk

I get something like this in the layout xml for example:

<ListView
    android:id="@ref/0x7f060000"
    android:background="rgb8(0xffffffff)"
    android:layout_width="-1"
    android:layout_height="dimension(1)"
    android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
    android:layout_weight="1065353216.000000" />

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="1"
    android:id="@ref/0x7f060001"
    android:background="rgb8(0xffffffff)"
    android:layout_width="-1"
    android:layout_height="-1">

</LinearLayout>

<RelativeLayout
    android:id="@ref/0x7f060002"
    android:background="rgb8(0xffffffff)"
    style="@style/GenericProgressBackground">

    <ProgressBar
        android:layout_width="-2"
        android:layout_height="-2"
        style="@style/GenericProgressIndicator" />
</RelativeLayout>

How can I translate the numbers back to the constants I had in the original code?

All the numbers you see there were originally constant variable names. — Ronen Festinger, Nov 05 '16 at 05:02
the decompiled code will have an R file. it will have all the references. And one small suggestion, if you can decompile your code, any else could. where is security to your code? — Mohammed Atif, Nov 05 '16 at 05:35
I know, but I don't mind it. The app is free anyway. Also in client side web applications, you can't do anything about it. — Ronen Festinger, Nov 05 '16 at 07:04
I found a duplicate. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34082661/setcontentview-shows-number-how-can-i-find-layout-after-decompile-code — Ronen Festinger, Nov 05 '16 at 17:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Ok, I used apktools as I read in another duplicate and it did work better for the xml files.

Extracting Android .apk and reading contents of XML file in res/layout

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Nov 05 '16 at 18:38

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Actually I also found out there was also a public.xml file with all the numbers and their equivalent names – Ronen Festinger Nov 05 '16 at 18:45

After Decompiling Apk file, I get numbers instead of constants. How can I get The string values of those numbers?

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