Extracting Android .apk and reading contents of XML file in res/layout

Question

I am trying to reverse engineer an existing android app and understand how a particular UI is constructed. I\'ve found that I can rename the apk to zip and view some of the

Answer 1

For those Who are shortcut lovers: and using ubunto,

go to cmd : ctl+alt+t

type:

sudo apt install apktool

press enter then go to your apk(to decompile) folder. by using

cd ~/folder_name

then type:

apktool d yourAppName.apk

and boom , you are done.