If you just need to alter the AndroidManifest.xml file and add additional classes then the answer is yes. As an example I have an app in the market (air.com.justinbuser.BuzeyTunes) that was built under similar circumstances. Being as it's an Adobe Air application built using Flash Builder Burrito there is no inherent way to modify the classes/manifest that gets generated, compiled, signed and packaged in an apk during the build process. What I had to do was decompile the apk generated by FB and merge it with another project I built in eclipse to handle the loading, system notifications and other things that aren't currently possible in Air. You can create a new application in this manner, signed with your own certs, but if you're purpose is to update the application for the third party then it will have to be signed with the same credentials they used in order to be posted as an upgrade to an existing market application.
On Dec 8, 1:14 am, TigerFox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Forgive my ignorance, I would just like to ask if it possible for me > to repack (unpack and pack the binaries again and sign it using my own > certificates) a .apk file that's been done by another party? > > Well, let's just say I've got this special agreement with a third > party that I can add features or some sort of starter Activity before > their application -- no original source codes and recompiling required > on their end but just their existing .apk file. Is this even possible? -- 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
