The zip format is used in hundreds of file types. Everything from WMZ (Windows Media Player Skins), jar/war/ear J2EE files, newer document formats (odt, docx), etc. And why not? Zip is universally supported in most languages' libraries, and on just about every OS, and there are dozens of competing & (mostly) compatible implementations.
The way I explain it to people: Zip files are everywhere, but the different extensions are used to signal expectations of what kind of files and layout to find inside. tlj -----Original Message----- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Can Air files or .apk files be de-crypted? APK files are just zip files. Change the extension and unzip it. I think the SWF is inside the zip and I assume it can be decrypted as easily as a SWF. [Ditto for .AIR files] I'm not sure what "based on the JAR file format" means; as I thought a JAR was also a zip file with a different extension. On 5/14/2013 2:46 PM, Greg Huddleston wrote: > Others can answer re: AIR files. APK files are just ZIP files based on the > JAR file format, with .apk file extensions. > > //GH > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steve McLaughlin > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Can Air files or .apk files be de-crypted? > > How safe are my .air files or android .apk files? can they be > de-crypted > (un-assembled) like swf files? > Are air files just packaged swf files? can you pull a swf file out of an Air > package? > > thanks, > steve -- Jeffry Houser Technical Entrepreneur 203-379-0773 -- http://www.flextras.com?c=104 UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! -- http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.jeffryhouser.com http://www.asktheflexpert.com -- Part of the DotComIt Brain Trust
