How to decompile DEX into Java source code?

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It’s easy

Get these tools:

  1. dex2jar to translate dex files to jar files

  2. jd-gui to view the java files in the jar

The source code is quite readable as dex2jar makes some optimizations.

Procedure:

And here’s the procedure on how to decompile:

Step 1:

Convert classes.dex in test_apk-debug.apk to test_apk-debug_dex2jar.jar

d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar apk_to_decompile.apk
d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar dex_to_decompile.dex

Note 1: In the Windows machines all the .sh scripts are replaced by .bat scripts

Note 2: On linux/mac don’t forget about sh or bash. The full command should be:

sh d2j-dex2jar.sh -f -o output_jar.jar apk_to_decompile.apk

Note 3: Also, remember to add execute permission to dex2jar-X.X directory e.g. sudo chmod -R +x dex2jar-2.0

dex2jar documentation

Step 2:

Open the jar in JD-GUI

The decompiled source

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