APKLab – Android Reverse Engineering WorkBench For VS Code

APKLab seamlessly integrates the best open-source tools: Apktool, Jadx, uber-apk-signer and more to the excellent VS Code so you can focus on app analysis and get it done without leaving the IDE.

Features

• Decode all the resources from an APK
• Disassemble the APK to Dalvik bytecode aka Smali
• Decompile the APK to Java source
• Analyze & Hack effectively with feature-rich VS Code
• Build an APK from Smali and resources
• Rebuild an APK in Debug mode for dynamic analysis
• Sign the APK seamlessly during the build
• Install the APK directly from VS Code
• Support for Apktool-style projects (apktool.yml)
• Support for most Apktool CLI arguments
• Android resource frameworks management (Coming soon!)
• Support for user-provided keystore for APK signing
• Download and configure missing dependencies
• Excellent Smali language support with Smalise
• Supports Linux, Windows, and Mac

Getting Started

Open APK or Apktool project

• Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) ➜ APKLab: Open an APK

  

• Or Just open an existing Apktool project folder

ReBuild and Sign APK

• Right-Click on or inside apktool.yml file ➜ APKLab: Rebuild the APK

  

Install APK to device

• Right-Click on .apk file (in dist directory) ➜ APKLab: Install the APK

  

Requirements

• JDK 8+

  Run java -version in your Shell, if not found download from here.

• adb

  Run adb devices in your Shell, if not found check this guide.

• Smalise (recommended)

  It makes working with smali files a breeze.

Credits

• Feimaomii for the awesome logo
• Aman Sharma for improved Windows support
• iBotPeaches, brutall and JesusFreke for Apktool & Smali
• patrickfav for uber-apk-signer
• skylot for Jadx