CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user903601
user903601

Reputation:

What is inside an Android APK file

Coming form a web development background where all your files are uploaded to a server individually, the APK file is very different to me!

From what I gather it’s kind of like a zip or exe file similar to software you install on a computer, e.g. Eclipse its self. Then when installed on a device the files and folders are extracted back into something similar to the file/folder structure I was working on in eclipse. And in which case I then again have access somehow to say the /res and /assets folders once the APK is installed?

Am I on the right track?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 18195

Answers (2)

change_is_necessity
change_is_necessity

Reputation: 707

Android application package file. Each Android application is compiled and packaged in a single file that includes all of the application's code (.dex files), resources, assets, and manifest file. The application package file can have any name but must use the .apk extension (e.g., myExampleAppname.apk). For convenience, an application package file is often referred to as an .apk.

Upvotes: 6

Salih Erikci
Salih Erikci

Reputation: 5087

The structure of an APK:

|-- AndroidManifest.xml
|-- META-INF // Signature Data
|   |-- CERT.RSA
|   |-- CERT.SF
|   `-- MANIFEST.MF
|-- classes.dex //  java byte code file generated after the compilation
|-- res // resource files
|   |-- drawable
|   |   `-- icon.png
|   `-- layout
|       `-- main.xml
`-- resources.arsc

You can find more detailed information here: http://android-anything.diandian.com/post/2011-09-28/5377936

Upvotes: 6

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