As the author of smali/baksmali (which apktool uses in the background) I wanted to chime in on this thread. I personally in no way condone using my tools for piracy, although I obviously can't restrict them from being used for that purpose. As many people in this thread have pointed out, there are many valid uses for assemblers/disassemblers. I'll try not to reiterate what others have already said in that vein, but I will add that having the ability to read, understand and modify an app can be invaluable.
A quote that is commonly applied to electronics comes to mind "If you can't open it, you don't own it". smali/baksmali is the screwdriver :) JesusFreke On May 11, 10:28 am, André <pha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I stumbled across this program on the web: > > http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/ > > And realized that it works pretty well. I can decode the programs I've > made from the apk files. > I can't really say I like that. > > Does anyone know of a way create the apk file without having programs > like this being able to decode and open them? > > -André > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
