Select the smali folder (or all smali folders if there are more than one: smali, smali_classes2, smali_classes3…), right-click, and click Mark directory as > Mark as Sources Root.

Select the folder created by the apktool.

In Android Studio click on “Open existing project”.To do so add android:debuggable='false' to the tag in the apk’s manifest file. Use apktool to disassemble the apk and to extract smali files: apktool d application.apkĪlso, make sure to turn on debugging for the application. This means there are a couple steps to prepare the apk for debugging: Setting up the smali file types DebuggingĪs previously stated, this setup will allow you to both debug any apk and directly make changes if needed. Remove the pattern “*.smali” from the original (the gray and orange one) and add it to the newly added smali type (the one with the black letter “S”). Go to File > Settings > Editor > File types and locate smali types, there should be two after the plugin installation. Set the proper file type in the Android Studio Click on the settings cog and then on “Install Plugin from Disk…” submenu. If you want to build it from source, check out the repository here: The current available version is 0.05, so search for the file “smalidea-0.05.zip”. All information mentioned here directly applies to both Android Studio and Intellij Idea IDE.

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