Decompile android APK with Apktool for analysis?

Question

On apktool homepage apktool.org it say.

Not interested in rebuilding? Just attach -a to any command. Apktool will do its best to rip apart the resources and manifest for easy inspection.

I tried apktool -a d myfile.apk not working, how do i use analyze switch -a?

Answer 1

Your command has two problems:

1. You are using the wrong option: -a is wrong. The apktool website contains the text:

Not interested in rebuilding? Just attach -m to any disassemble command.

2. The argument ordering is wrong

The apktool help shows the correct command-line and argument ordering:

apktool [-q|--quiet OR -v|--verbose] d[ecode] [options] <file_apk>

I your case you use the decode command and the option -m, therefore you are getting the command-line:

apktool d -m myfile.apk