26 January 2011

Android aapt tool

aapt stands for Android Asset Packaging Tool and is included in tools/ directory of the SDK. This tool allows you to view, create, and update Zip-compatible archives (zip, jar, apk). It can also compile resources into binary assets.

Most important of all, build scripts and IDE plugins can utilize this tool to package the apk file that constitutes an Android application.

To use aapt directly, open a terminal, go to the tools/ directory, and run the command (for linux and Mac OS X):

$ ./aapt

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