# apk2gold

> apk2gold is a command-line wrapper that decompiles an Android APK toward a single source tree. The README says it combines apktool, dex2jar, and JD-GUI, keeps the Smali output, and tries to restore R.* resource names from inlined resource integers. It says the result is for reading and is not meant to compile.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: Android tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold/blob/b4695e174bdb96ae4bc3ec52f899db9edb32cd4d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/apk2gold/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/apk2gold/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/apk2gold/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The documented command is apk2gold followed by the target APK path.
- The README says the decompiled result will almost certainly not compile.
- The repository has no license file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/lxdvs/apk2gold/blob/b4695e174bdb96ae4bc3ec52f899db9edb32cd4d/README.md>

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