decompiling DEX into Java sourcecode

Question

How can one decompile Android DEX (VM bytecode) files into corresponding Java sourcecode?

Answer 1

This can be done in following five steps:

This gem does these things for you automatically even the installation of required tools

1. convert apk file to zip
2. unzip the file
3. extract classes.dex from it
4. use dex to jar to convert classes.dex into jar file
5. use jadx gui to open the jar file as java source code