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APKtools (APK Studio) Could not decode arsc file

I am tring to decompile an APK with AKP-Studio (it uses Apktool 2.0.0-Beta9) but on every APK I get this error:

May 05, 2015 5:38:30 PM brut.androlib.ApkDecoder decode

INFO: Using Apktool 2.0.0-Beta9 on com.****-1.apk

May 05, 2015 5:38:30 PM brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources loadMainPkg

INFO: Loading resource table...

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: Could not decode arsc file

at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.decode(ARSCDecoder.java:54)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResPackagesFromApk(AndrolibResources.java:604)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.loadMainPkg(AndrolibResources.java:74)

I checked it on different systems with different versions of windows (64 and 32 bit)

My java version is: "1.8.0_45"

Please let me know if have any solution for this.

Solution

  • You must have to download apktoo_2.0.0rc file. then after You can decompile your apk file and will not get arcs file error.

    You can download latest file version from Here

    Now Rename your "apktool_2.0.0rc4.jar" to "apktool.jar".

    Now delete old "apktool.jar" file from your apktool folder.

    UPDATE:
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    For Windows users, it's located in: 

    C:\Users\yourusername\.apkstudio\vendor

    __

    Now put this new "apktool.jar" file in your apktool folder where old "apktool.jar" was placed.

    now same run your cmd commands like apktool if framework-res.apk

    and next

    apktool d "your appname.apk without quotes"

    and keep smile..