The APK is simply a zip file: nothing more. It's pretty typical to take a legitimate app and unzip it, add some code, and repacking it (just zipping it up as an APK).
There's not really much to add, the standard tools in the Android SDK do all of this for you, Kris On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Ishan Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there anyone who can help? > > Thanks! > > On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Ishan Sharma <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I am a research student working on Android Security. I have been reading >> some research papers related to android malwares and all the research papers >> mention that most of the malware is developed by "repackaging" a benign >> binary. There have also been research papers to detect repackaged >> applications. Could someone please tell me what is .apk file repackaging >> (binary repackaging). Also how can I repackage .apk files? Since they are >> binary files any modification done to them could break the application. >> >> Any links etc. which explain how to perform .apk file repackaging will >> also be very good. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/android-developers/mG2ON1L3IHg/unsubscribe?hl=en. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
