What is inside an Android APK file

Question

Coming form a web development background where all your files are uploaded to a server individually, the APK file is very different to me!

From what I gather it’s ki

Answer 1

The structure of an APK:

|-- AndroidManifest.xml
|-- META-INF // Signature Data
|   |-- CERT.RSA
|   |-- CERT.SF
|   `-- MANIFEST.MF
|-- classes.dex //  java byte code file generated after the compilation
|-- res // resource files
|   |-- drawable
|   |   `-- icon.png
|   `-- layout
|       `-- main.xml
`-- resources.arsc

You can find more detailed information here: http://android-anything.diandian.com/post/2011-09-28/5377936