-

[ghost]

[nnelas]

Hi @Deberk, unfortunately, TikTok uses resources obfuscation (like AndroResGuard), which means that apktool cannot compile/recompile since it uses AOSP framework APK to manage these operations and these resource IDs aren't found on AOSP.
If you only want to decompile Java (smali) code, you can always use flag --no-res and everything should work normally

[el1s7]

Any ways to get around Tik Tok SSL pinning guys?

[iBotPeaches]

I just recently closed a ticket that didn't have enough details for represented this stacktrace - #2285

It appears as you noticed the split apks are making it difficult to decode and re-encode an application, probably due to that.

I'm not sure if we have a split ask issue yet. So I'm going to claim this one as it. So we can first research and answer the question.

---

Can the base.apk live on its own and all splits are just additional qualifiers? Or do you require a split in order to make a feasible package?

[vinhjaxt]

You can use option -r to not decompile resources.
When install split apk, using SAI (Split APK Installer)

[el1s7]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

[limbodin]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

Hey,
which emu and frida version you used?

thanks

[igorpyan]

There is similar case for jp.naver.line.android app (received from PlayStore).
Environment: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, apktool_2.4.1.jar

$ java -jar ~/temp/apktool_2.4.1.jar d jp.naver.line.android.apk -o src2 -s
I: Using Apktool 2.4.1 on jp.naver.line.android.apk
I: Loading resource table...
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: Invalid chunk type: expected=0x00000200, got=0x00000203
	at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.checkChunkType(ARSCDecoder.java:542)
	at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTablePackage(ARSCDecoder.java:88)
	at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTableHeader(ARSCDecoder.java:82)
	at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.decode(ARSCDecoder.java:48)
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResPackagesFromApk(AndrolibResources.java:786)
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.loadMainPkg(AndrolibResources.java:67)
	at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResTable(AndrolibResources.java:59)
	at brut.androlib.Androlib.getResTable(Androlib.java:66)
	at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.setTargetSdkVersion(ApkDecoder.java:236)
	at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:118)
	at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:170)
	at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:76)

But, for example, jadx does this job successfully:

$ jadx jp.naver.line.android.apk -d . -s
INFO  - loading ...
INFO  - processing ...
INFO  - done

[iBotPeaches]

Classifying this ticket as the feature request for split apks. Not sure what Apktool is going to do it. Maybe just gracefully fail and request a merged application.

[not-eexto]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

Are you still working on it or have you given up? Maybe I have some news... and then I wanted to ask you something

[androidethiopia]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

Are you still working on it or have you given up? Maybe I have some news... and then I wanted to ask you something

Yes, I managed to merge decompile/recompile all versions of tiktok (17.6.4 - 18.4.7)

[Liquid44]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

Are you still working on it or have you given up? Maybe I have some news... and then I wanted to ask you something

Yes, I managed to merge decompile/recompile all versions of tiktok (17.6.4 - 18.4.7)

How may I ask? Using jadx or skipping resources?

[Ali666-jeo]

Sparkle Photo Effect & Pip Editor Pip Editor - Masterlogix best app to make your photo fully attractive and heart touching.
You can use four tools in this app with many effects like photo frames, overlays effects, twinkle effects, photo cropping, photo filters and photo borders in this best Photo Editor App - Pip Camera - Sparkle Effect (Blur)

[androidethiopia]

Just an update if anyone needs it, i managed to intercept traffic using frida. Android emulator & frida, worked great.

Are you still working on it or have you given up? Maybe I have some news... and then I wanted to ask you something

Yes, I managed to merge decompile/recompile all versions of tiktok (17.6.4 - 18.4.7)

How may I ask? Using jadx or skipping resources?

I decompiled the resources also , i made my own code to reconstruct the obufuscated resource name. using both aapt and aapt2.

[sakibguy]

Thanks guys

for your input and effort
to make Tiktok decompile/recompile work.

[boemekeld]

i made my own code to reconstruct the obufuscated resource name. using both aapt and aapt2.

could you share this solution?

[boemekeld]

Thanks guys

for your input and effort to make Tiktok decompile/recompile work.

it's not working now for 21.7.6 version 🙁