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Decompile and recompile issue

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Apktool Latest OS is linux

Believe it or not , if i decompile an apk and try to recompile it again without any changes in code it fails .

I try using a twitter apk file . I will leave here the link : https://www.mediafire.com/file/82w10791m4xrjaf/Twitter.apk/file

You can decompile it , but you are unable to recompile it again even if no changes were made in the code . Update , forgot to write the logs , here they are :

The log :

----------------------------------Decompiling log--------------------------
I: Using Apktool 2.4.1 on twitter.apk
I: Loading resource table...
I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
I: Loading resource table from file: /root/.local/share/apktool/framework/1.apk
W: Could not decode attr value, using undecoded value instead: ns=android, name=resource, value=0x7e010000
I: Regular manifest package...
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values */* XMLs...
I: Baksmaling classes.dex...
I: Baksmaling classes2.dex...
I: Baksmaling classes3.dex...
I: Baksmaling classes4.dex...
I: Baksmaling classes5.dex...
I: Copying assets and libs...
I: Copying unknown files...
I: Copying original files...
I: Copying META-INF/services directory
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recompiling log : 
I: Using Apktool 2.4.1
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_classes4 folder into classes4.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_classes5 folder into classes5.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_classes2 folder into classes2.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_classes3 folder into classes3.dex...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
W: /opt/testapk/twitter/AndroidManifest.xml:831: error: Error: No resource type specified (at 'resource' with value '@2113994752').
W: 
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/tmp/brut_util_Jar_12790044432587942505.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 21, --target-sdk-version, 30, --version-code, 28820000, --version-name, 8.82.0-release.00, --no-version-vectors, -F, /tmp/APKTOOL4379167829085885196.tmp, -e, /tmp/APKTOOL8538338056184325237.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, /root/.local/share/apktool/framework/1.apk, -S, /opt/testapk/twitter/res, -M, /opt/testapk/twitter/AndroidManifest.xml]|

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Created 3 years ago
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Comments:21 (7 by maintainers)

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peterptcommented, Feb 26, 2021

Best way to check if any changes can be made in an apk is , decompile and try to recompile , if recompile fails without any changes in the code of apk then apktool will never be able to recompile that apk no matter what you do . I used in twitter.apk the 2.4.1 version but 2.5.0 was also giving the same issues , so the log is from 2.4.1 .

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harshitshah4commented, Mar 14, 2022

@iBotPeaches can we do something to help you on this issue ? Is it planned to be fixed in the next version or any upcoming versions ? Thanks.