Retrieve source code from android apk file

June 18, 2015 linda

In this video tutorial we will learn how to retrieve source code form Android APK file.
Sometimes we lost source code of our Android Project and we do not have backup of code too.
So to solve this problem we will learn two methods to get source code.
First is little long method in which listed below tools are required:

Download APKtool: http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/

Download dex2jar: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dex2jar/

Download Java Decompiler: http://jd.benow.ca/

Download WinRar: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

and Second one is very short method by using http://www.decompileandroid.com/ site.

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