[SOLVED] Trying, and failing, to compile edited and stock APKs

**Tsudeily** · 07-19-2012, 12:55 AM

Okay, I have been all over XDA reading about hacks, roms, tweaks and what not. I have been following a guide on editing the SystemUI.apk but I ran into trouble compiling it. I read somewhere that one can not decompile and recompile an already edited/themed APK. However someone else tested the APKs I was working on and confirmed it worked for him. So I have no idea what I am missing.

It decompiles flawlessly. The problem arrises when I move to compile them again. This happens on stock and themed APKs... Here is my command log for the most recent attempt

Code:

J:\apktools>apktool if framework-res.apk
I: Framework installed to: C:\Users\Jimie\apktool\framework\1.apk

J:\apktools>apktool d SystemUI.apk
I: Baksmaling...
I: Loading resource table...
I: Loaded.
I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\Jimie\apktool\framework\1.apk
I: Loaded.
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...
I: Done.
I: Copying assets and libs...

J:\apktools>apktool b SystemUI
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutExce
ption: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\Users\Jimie\AppData\Local\Temp\A
PKTOOL8713681568342440015.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Jimie\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, J
:\apktools\SystemUI\res, -M, J:\apktools\SystemUI\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:193)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:301)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:248)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:171)
        at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:154)
        at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:182)
        at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:67)
Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\U
sers\Jimie\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL8713681568342440015.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Jimie
\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, J:\apktools\SystemUI\res, -M, J:\apktools\SystemUI
\AndroidManifest.xml]
        at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:87)
        at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav
a:191)
        ... 6 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "aapt": CreateProcess error=2
, The system cannot find the file specified
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
        at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:78)
        ... 7 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find th
e file specified
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)
        ... 11 more

J:\apktools>

The people I've spoken to at XDA are stumped. I had wondered if it was something else I had installed that was conflicting with something, so I just did a factory restore. Installed Chrome, and Java. No dice.

UPDATE: it was a stupid mistake on my part. A bit of time away from the project and I saw my mistake.

**ZiggSeVO** · 07-22-2012, 06:08 PM

try these

Thank Paul if it works

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**Tsudeily** · 07-22-2012, 06:09 PM

Oh, I forgot I made this thread. Thank you, but I have gotten it sorted out.

**ZiggSeVO** · 07-22-2012, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tsudeily

Oh, I forgot I made this thread. Thank you, but I have gotten it sorted out.

Share your solution with the world

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**Tsudeily** · 07-22-2012, 06:19 PM

It was a dump mistake. I was trying to edit the ICS Domination theme for Sprint .There are a few corrupted .9.png images in the theme. Apktool would keep the corrupted ones and make a copy renamed to .png

I was just replacing the corrupted ones.. NOT removing the renamed .png ones. After I got rid of them, it was all good.

**Paul627g** · 07-29-2012, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Tsudeily

It was a dump mistake. I was trying to edit the ICS Domination theme for Sprint .There are a few corrupted .9.png images in the theme. Apktool would keep the corrupted ones and make a copy renamed to .png

I was just replacing the corrupted ones.. NOT removing the renamed .png ones. After I got rid of them, it was all good.

First thing to always check when you have a failed recompile of a previously modified apk is corrupted .9.png's

That will blow the recompile every time

Most common signs or warning flags of a problem previously modified apk is when someone has slipped in modified .9.pngs into the "apk" or zip file without decompiling and recompiling the apks with the new .9.pngs in place.. I call this a "dirty mod" just like the term "dirty flash".

We learned this didn't we Ziggy?

**ZiggSeVO** · 07-29-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Paul627g

First thing to always check when you have a failed recompile of a previously modified apk is corrupted .9.png's

That will blow the recompile every time

Most common signs or warning flags of a problem previously modified apk is when someone has slipped in modified .9.pngs into the "apk" or zip file without decompiling and recompiling the apks with the new .9.pngs in place.. I call this a "dirty mod" just like the term "dirty flash".

We learned this didn't we Ziggy?

Yes yes we did. Always double check your work and triple check someone else lol

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