read res folder from an apk

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I want to read all the xml files in res folder. I able to read Manifest file using jar AXMLPrinter2.jar Same way i am trying to read xml files in res folder like below,

java -jar 'AXMLPrinter2.jar' 'account_list_item.xml' >'account_list_item.txt'

but it shows some exception like bellow,

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 109
    at android.content.res.StringBlock.getShort(StringBlock.java:231)
    at android.content.res.StringBlock.getString(StringBlock.java:91)
    at android.content.res.AXmlResourceParser.getName(AXmlResourceParser.java:140)
    at test.AXMLPrinter.main(AXMLPrinter.java:56)

Is there any way?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '11 at 08:35

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I think AXMLPrinter2.jar needs that you first extract the XML files from the APK. You can do that with apktool, which already transforms the files into a human-readable form.

Use like this:

apktool decode --no-src yourapk.apk

answered Dec 21 '11 at 08:35

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--no-src means you do not want to do anything with the code, you only want to extract resources. – gimix Dec 21 '11 at 08:50
the files you get are already in text form, you do not need AXMLPrinter2.jar anymore – gimix Dec 21 '11 at 10:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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according to this and this
if apk's minSdkVersion >= 7, it didn't work

UPDATE:
found this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 18:40

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