Add Files To APK

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DeveloperJacob
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Add Files To APK
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Hello,

I'm working on ChimpStudio and I almost finished the builder. I only need to know how to add a .zip file to an .apk in vb.net.

Does somebody know how to do this?
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Re: Add Files To APK
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try implementing Simple Compiler in your app! And typically there are a lot of thing you want to consider before making a builder. take a lool at what a typical APK contains:

An APK file is an archive that usually contains the following folders:
META-INF directory:

MANIFEST.MF: the Manifest file
CERT.RSA: The certificate of the application.
CERT.SF: The list of resources and SHA-1 digest

lib: the directory containing the compiled code that is specific to a software layer of a processor, the folder is split into more folders within it:

armeabi: compiled code for all ARM based processors only
armeabi-v7a: compiled code for all ARMv7 and above based processors only
x86: compiled code for x86 processors only
mips: compiled code for MIPS processors only

res: the directory containing resources not compiled into resources.arsc (see below).

AndroidManifest.xml: An additional Android manifest file, describing the name, version, access rights, referenced library files for the application. This file may be in Android binary XML that can be converted into human-readable plaintext XML with tools such as AXMLPrinter2, apktool, or Androguard.

classes.dex: The classes compiled in the dex file format understandable by the Dalvik virtual machine
resources.arsc : a file containing pre-compiled resources, such as binary XML for example
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