Correct way to compile Settings.apk in android

Question

I have Mini Cyanogenmod sources on my laptop. So I did make Settings to compile Settings.apk from source. (I don't wanna compile the whole ROM)

And compilation finished nicely and I got Settings.apk compiled.

So I pushed Settings.apk to /system/app by the following commands :

adb root
adb push Settings.apk /system/app

The file successfully copies. But now the Settings app is itself removed from the app drawer. I tried setting the permissions of apk but it didn't work either. And when I push the original apk to /system/app the Settings app reappears in the app drawer.

What could be the problem of my compiled apk is not working.

Answer 1

The problem is that push Settings.apk to /system/app. You should push Settings.apk to "/system/priv-app/Settings/" by the following command:

adb push Settings.apk /system/priv-app/Settings/

Steps are described as follows：

1. root and romount the filesystem.
2. push Settings.apk to the right directory.
3. reboot.

The corresponding commands are:

adb root
adb remount
adb push Settings.apk /system/priv-app/Settings/
adb reboot