How to parse the AndroidManifest.xml file inside an .apk package

Question

This file appears to be in a binary XML format. What is this format and how can it be parsed programmatically (as opposed to using the aapt dump tool in the SDK)?

Answer 1

it can be helpful

public static int vCodeApk(String path) {
    PackageManager pm = G.context.getPackageManager();
    PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageArchiveInfo(path, 0);
    return info.versionCode;
    //        Toast.makeText(this, "VersionCode : " + info.versionCode + ", VersionName : " + info.versionName, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

G is my Application class :

public class G extends Application {