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apktool (Android Reverse Engineering Tool)

apktool is an open-source tool that unpacks an Android app into its resources, manifest and smali code. Where jadx reconstructs readable Java-like code, apktool is the standard way to reach the manifest, resources and raw smali, and to repackage an app after changes.

It is a core tool in Android reverse engineering and testing. Automated analysis uses the same kind of unpacking to read what an app actually contains.

Mobexa tests the exact Android or iOS build you ship and maps every finding to the OWASP Mobile Top 10 and MASVS.

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