aapt(1)aapt(1)NAMEaapt - Android Asset Packaging Tool
SYNOPSISaapt command [ options ] files ...
aapt l[ist] [-v] [-a] file.{zip,jar,apk}
List contents of Zip-compatible archive.
aapt d[ump] [--values] WHAT file.{apk} [asset [asset ...]]
strings Print the contents of the resource table string pool
in the APK.
badging Print the label and icon for the app declared in APK.
permissions Print the permissions from the APK.
resources Print the resource table from the APK.
configurations Print the configurations in the APK.
xmltree Print the compiled xmls in the given assets.
xmlstrings Print the strings of the given compiled xml assets.
aapt p[ackage] [-d] [-f] [-m] [-u] [-v] [-x] [-z] [-M AndroidMani‐
fest.xml]
[-0 extension [-0 extension ...]] [-g tolerance] [-j jarfile]
[--debug-mode] [--min-sdk-version VAL] [--target-sdk-version
VAL]
[--app-version VAL] [--app-version-name TEXT] [--custom-package
VAL]
[--rename-manifest-package PACKAGE]
[--rename-instrumentation-target-package PACKAGE]
[--utf16] [--auto-add-overlay]
[--max-res-version VAL]
[-I base-package [-I base-package ...]]
[-A asset-source-dir] [-G class-list-file] [-P public-defini‐
tions-file]
[-S resource-sources [-S resource-sources ...]]
[-F apk-file] [-J R-file-dir]
[--product product1,product2,...]
[-c CONFIGS] [--preferred-configurations CONFIGS]
[raw-files-dir [raw-files-dir] ...]
[--output-text-symbols DIR]
Package the android resources. It will read assets and resources
that are
supplied with the -M -A -S or raw-files-dir arguments. The -J -P -F
and -R
options control which files are output.
aapt r[emove] [-v] file.{zip,jar,apk} file1 [file2 ...]
Delete specified files from Zip-compatible archive.
aapt a[dd] [-v] file.{zip,jar,apk} file1 [file2 ...]
Add specified files to Zip-compatible archive.
aapt c[runch] [-v] -S resource-sources ... -C output-folder ...
Do PNG preprocessing on one or several resource folders
and store the results in the output folder.
aapt s[ingleCrunch] [-v] -i input-file -o outputfile
Do PNG preprocessing on a single file.
aapt v[ersion]
Print program version.
DESCRIPTION
The Android Asset Packaging Tool (aapt) takes your application resource
files, such as the AndroidManifest.xml file and the XML files for your
Activities, and compiles them. An R.java is also produced so you can
reference your resources from your Java code.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
-a print Android-specific data (resources, manifest) when listing
-c specify which configurations to include. The default is all
configurations. The value of the parameter should be a comma
separated list of configuration values. Locales should be spec‐
ified as either a language or language-region pair. Some exam‐
ples:
en
port,en
port,land,en_US
If you put the special locale, zz_ZZ on the list, it will per‐
form pseudolocalization on the default locale, modifying all of
the strings so you can look for strings that missed the interna‐
tionalization process. For example:
port,land,zz_ZZ
-d one or more device assets to include, separated by commas
-f force overwrite of existing files
-g specify a pixel tolerance to force images to grayscale, default
0
-j specify a jar or zip file containing classes to include
-k junk path of file(s) added
-m make package directories under location specified by -J
-u update existing packages (add new, replace older, remove deleted
files)
-v verbose output
-x create extending (non-application) resource IDs
-z require localization of resource attributes marked with local‐
ization="suggested"
-A additional directory in which to find raw asset files
-G A file to output proguard options into.
-F specify the apk file to output
-I add an existing package to base include set
-J specify where to output R.java resource constant definitions
-M specify full path to AndroidManifest.xml to include in zip
-P specify where to output public resource definitions
-S directory in which to find resources. Multiple directories will
be scanned and the first match found (left to right) will take
precedence.
-0 specifies an additional extension for which such files will not
be stored compressed in the .apk. An empty string means to not
compress any files at all.
--debug-mode
inserts android:debuggable="true" in to the application node of
the manifest, making the application debuggable even on produc‐
tion devices.
--min-sdk-version
inserts android:minSdkVersion in to manifest. If the version is
7 or higher, the default encoding for resources will be in
UTF-8.
--target-sdk-version
inserts android:targetSdkVersion in to manifest.
--max-res-version
ignores versioned resource directories above the given value.
--values
when used with "dump resources" also includes resource values.
--version-code
inserts android:versionCode in to manifest.
--version-name
inserts android:versionName in to manifest.
--custom-package
generates R.java into a different package.
--extra-packages
generate R.java for libraries. Separate libraries with ':'.
--generate-dependencies
generate dependency files in the same directories for R.java and
resource package
--auto-add-overlay
Automatically add resources that are only in overlays.
--preferred-configurations
Like the -c option for filtering out unneeded configurations,
but only expresses a preference. If there is no resource avail‐
able with the preferred configuration then it will not be
stripped.
--rename-manifest-package
Rewrite the manifest so that its package name is the package
name given here. Relative class names (for example .Foo) will
be changed to absolute names with the old package so that the
code does not need to change.
--rename-instrumentation-target-package
Rewrite the manifest so that all of its instrumentation compo‐
nents target the given package. Useful when used in conjunction
with --rename-manifest-package to fix tests against a package
that has been renamed.
--product
Specifies which variant to choose for strings that have product
variants
--utf16
changes default encoding for resources to UTF-16. Only useful
when API level is set to 7 or higher where the default encoding
is UTF-8.
--non-constant-id
Make the resources ID non constant. This is required to make an
R java class that does not contain the final value but is used
to make reusable compiled libraries that need to access
resources.
--error-on-failed-insert
Forces aapt to return an error if it fails to insert values into
the manifest with --debug-mode, --min-sdk-version, --target-sdk-
version --version-code and --version-name. Insertion typically
fails if the manifest already defines the attribute.
--output-text-symbols
Generates a text file containing the resource symbols of the R
class in the specified folder.
--ignore-assets
Assets to be ignored.
AUTHORaapt was written by The Android Open Source Project.
October 15, 2014 aapt(1)
