Androidmanifest.xml is unwritable

Question

I'm new here, and I don't know if this has been asked before. I want to edit an apk, so I downloaded Android Studio, but when I tried to edit the file, it says "File is read-only". I'm trying to change the SDK version part. On my mac, I changed the permissions of the APK file for everyone to read and write. How can I make it writable? Or, is there another way to edit the minimum SDK version and the target SDK version?

I just want to change the minimum to 19 and the target to 14.

Thanks.

Answer 1

i think that you have decompiled the apk. and You can't edit the code because developer has added pro-guard rules for the apk because if anyone try's to decompile it then it will show nothing and u can't update any code.