Performs offline analysis, extraction, decoding, and inspection of Android APKs and ZIP archives (split APKs). Provides utilities for reading manifests, extracting launcher icons, listing Wear OS tiles/complications, and decoding resources. Use when inspecting APK properties, extracting files from packages, or installing local APKs. Triggers: apk, apkanalyzer, apktool, aapt, android manifest.
Performs offline analysis, extraction, decoding, and inspection of Android APKs and ZIP archives (split APKs). Provides utilities for reading manifests, extracting launcher icons, listing Wear OS tiles/complications, and decoding resources. Use when inspecting APK properties, extracting files from packages, or installing local APKs. Triggers: apk, apkanalyzer, apktool, aapt, android manifest.
compatibility
Requires apkanalyzer, unzip, and xmllint. Some scripts require xpath, aapt, or apktool. Designed for filesystem-based agents with bash access.
Android APK Utilities
This skill provides a comprehensive suite of utilities for working with Android
APK files and split-APK ZIP archives offline.
Important: Use Scripts First
ALWAYS prefer the scripts in scripts/ over running raw tool commands.
Scripts are located in the scripts/ subdirectory of this skill's folder. They
handle complex tasks like automatically extracting split APKs from ZIP archives
and formatting output XML files for readability.
Script Index
See references/command-index.md for detailed usage.
scripts/apk-info: The unified read-only APK metadata and file inspector.
Supports subcommands (package, manifest, version, libraries, tiles,
complications, launcher, file).
Extraction & Decoding
scripts/apk-decode: Decompile the entire APK using apktool to inspect
resources.
scripts/apk-launcher-icon-extract: Decompile and extract the launcher and
round launcher icons as files.
scripts/apk-unzip: Unzip ZIP archives, split APK bundles, or app bundles.
Device Interaction
scripts/apk-install-and-launch: Install the APK/ZIP on a connected device
and launch its main activity.
[!TIP] If the application is already installed on the device and you want to
launch it without reinstalling (preserving state and cache), you can compose
the scripts/apk-info package query with the packagename utility from the
adb skill:
