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Sometimes you may be amazed to see beautiful android apps with great design and simplicity. You may want to look into the source code of that app and to design the same way they have done. Usually APK file is not readable because its in dex format (Dalvik excutable file) which can be read by dalvik compiler. So there is a trick I found on stackoverflow to decompile any apk file. Just follow the below steps to get source code of any android app, if you have got .apk file Step 1: Create a new folder in your pc and copy over the .apk file that you want to decode. Now rename the extension of this .apk file to .zip (e.g. rename from filename.apk to filename.zip) and save it.  Now you can access the classes.dex files, etc. At this stage you are able to see drawables but not xml and java files, so continue. Step 2: Now extract this .zip file in the same folder (or NEW FOLDER). Download dex2jar and extract it to the same folder (or NEW FOLDER). Move the classes.dex f...

The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use which runs on top of a Linux kernel. If you want to know how to develop applications for Android, you're in the right place. This site provides a variety of documentation that will help you learn about Android and develop mobile applications for the platform. An early look at the the Android SDK is also available. It includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and of course all the libraries you'll need to build an Android application. Download the SDK To start learning about the Android platform, please read the documentation in the following order: What is Android? - An overview of the Android platform Gett...