[Android-tools-devel] Bug#806855: ITP: apktool -- tool for reverse engineering Android apps

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Android Tools Team" <android-tools-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>

* Package name    : apktool
  Version         : 2.0.1
  Upstream Author : Connor Tumbleson <connor.tumbleson at gmail.com>
* URL             : http://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
* License         : Apache 2.0
  Programming Lang: Java
  Package source  :
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/android-tools/apktool.git
  Description     : tool for reverse engineering Android apps


It is a tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android
apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them
after making some modifications; it makes possible to debug smali code
step by step. Also it makes working with app easier because of
project-like files structure and automation of some repetitive tasks
like building apk, etc.

It is NOT intended for piracy and other non-legal uses. It could be used
for localizing, adding some features or support for custom platforms and
other GOOD purposes. Just try to be fair with authors of an app, that
you use and probably like.

Reiner Herrmann <reiner at reiner-h.de>   has done all of the packaging
work so far.