aapt，错误：转储失败，因为未找到AndroidManifest.xml

Question

I know there are a lot of these topics around but none seem to help in my case, nor describe it exactly.

My problem is when I run this command ./aapt d test.apk myfolder (in mac) I'm getting ERROR: dump failed because no AndroidManifest.xml found

I tried to extract apk by changing it to jar file. After extract manifest file was there. The only thing that I think is throwing error encryption of manifest file. When I'm opening manifest (or any other xml drawable files) file in an editor the thing that I see is:

However when I use aapt l -a name.apk command, I'm able to see manifest file in terminal but has hundreds of line which is not eye friendly.

any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

manifest file is serialized and hence in non-human readable form

try to de-compile the apk via apktools.jar

{remember to install the framework-res.apk from your phone/tablet first}