An .apk is really just a zip file (and a jar file too), so in theory you can use any zip tools you want on it, you just need to make sure that you correctly re-sign it after making changes. There is a caveat, however, that aapt does a few special things to make sure to not compress certain files and enforce alignment of uncompressed files for more efficient access at runtime; you'll want to make sure you don't lose these things if using normal zip tools.
The aapt command also has some zip-like options to add and remove files. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Georgios Galyfos <yorg...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks for the reply, however I am trying to do this without needing to > rebuild the APK.. > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > >> >> Yorgos wrote: >> > Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into >> > the APK? >> >> Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after >> modifying the XML. >> >> More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will >> achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com >> Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php >> >> >> > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
