Parse error when trying to execute apk

[iBotPeaches]

Original issue 418 created by mr.davidbauer on 2013-02-22T09:41:23.000Z:

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. apktool d com.metago.astro-1.apk
2. apktool b com.metago.astro-1 (without changing nothing)
3. com.metago.astro-1.apk under com.metago.astro-1/dist signed with debug.keystore
4. Copied onto device and executed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

1.
C:\dec>apktool d com.metago.astro-1.apk
I: Baksmaling...
I: Loading resource table...
W: Skipping "android" package group
I: Loaded.
I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\DavidBauer\apktool\framework\1.apk
I: Loaded.
I: Regular manifest package...
I: Decoding file-resources...
W: Cant find 9patch chunk in file: "drawable/picture_selected_border.9.png". Renaming it to .png.
I: Decoding values */ XMLs...
I: Done.
I: Copying assets and libs...

2.
C:\dec>apktool b com.metago.astro-1
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
aapt: warning: string 'next' has no default translation in C:\dec\com.metago.astro-1\res; found: ja ko
I: Copying libs...
I: Building apk file...

1. When clicking the apk in the device i get: Parse error. There was a problem parsing the package.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
apktool 1.5.2
Windows 7 Enterprise 64bits
CPU Intel i7-2600 and 8Gb ram

Please provide any additional information below.

• APK installation tested on Nexus 7 - Android 4.2.2
• Astro File Manager APK used -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tZXRhZ28uYXN0cm8iXQ..

[iBotPeaches]

Comment #1 originally posted by connor.tumbleson on 2013-02-25T03:08:30.000Z:

Duplicated.

2747 KB/s (4704800 bytes in 1.672s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/ASTRO_File_Manager_Browser_4_2_463.apk
Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]

W/PackageParser( 9843): /data/local/tmp/ASTRO_File_Manager_Browser_4_2_463.apk (at Binary XML file line # 117): does not incude authorities attribute
W/ActivityManager( 498): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///data/local/tmp/ASTRO_File_Manager_Browser_4_2_463.apk

Though is this an Apktool problem or special APK to prevent decompiling? I don't know yet.

[iBotPeaches]

Comment #2 originally posted by espeon.fox on 2013-04-02T19:26:02.000Z:

I got it, too- I decompiled achep's ICS theme, modified the xml's and removed the window animations, and recompiled. I signed it, and tried installing, by both adb and using ES file explorer to install. No dice either way.

[iBotPeaches]

Comment #3 originally posted by connor.tumbleson on 2013-04-06T18:33:39.000Z:

I've used the exact AndroidManifest from the original APK and packaged in the rebuilt apk and it still failed.

Can't really track this down any further, but this APK has a ton of unknown files present which might be the cause. So I'm closing it as a duplicate.