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Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android.

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"crankypuss" <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 10/01/2013 08:43 AM, Tom Potter wrote:
>> "crankypuss" <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:l2bh2q$227$1@dont-email.me...
>>> On 09/30/2013 02:34 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
>>>> On 2013-09-30, crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 09/29/2013 04:26 AM, Tom Potter wrote:
>>>>>> As you may know,
>>>>>> Google copied Linux/Unix,
>>>>>> put the files into a ZIP wrapper,
>>>>>> and called it an Android APK file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a license violation.
>>>>
>>>> Google's big, buth EFF has good lawyers, they wouldn't make that
>>>> mistake.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a troll
>>>>
>>>
>>> I was guessing that perhaps what was put in a ZIP wrapper was a number 
>>> of
>>> data files, rather than linux itself (which is presumably hosting 
>>> Android
>>> unless the file in question is being booted), and that the poster was
>>> confused rather than a troll.  But there are trolls.  And I agree that
>>> google has too much to lose to screw around with unnecessary license
>>> violations.
>>>
>>> (I don't know much about Android so should probably have left commenting
>>> to those who do, but one way to learn things is to say something stupid
>>> near people who know the topic. <g>)
>>
>> Rather than "guess"
>> I suggest that my pal "crankypuss"
>> should read my post below
>> and follow the simple instructions.
>>
>> A copy of my post follows:
>> ==================
>> To explore an Android APK file,
>> [ View the graphics, play the audio, etc.]
>>
>> all you have to do,
>> is right click on an APK file,
>> and set it to "Open With" to WinZip, Winrar.
>> or your favorite unzipper.
>>
>> Thereafter, any time you click on an APK file,
>> you can view the graphics, play the audio,
>> view the resources, explore the programming, etc.
>>
>> If you want to convert an APK file to Linux/Unix,
>> download "Dex2Jar" from
>> http://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/
>>
>> then unzip one of the APK files
>> to a convenient directory,
>>
>> navigate to the directory
>> and right click on the CLASSES.DEX file,
>> and set it to "Open With" "dex2jar".
>>
>> Thereafter, anytime you click on an Android DEX file
>> this will convert the Android DEX file
>> to a Unix JAR file and put it in the directory
>> with the Android resourses.
>>
>> ================
>> End of excerpt from my post.
>>
>> If you want to modify the Java program,
>> use a Bing search like the one below.
>>
>> http://www.bing.com/search?q=free+Java+decompiler&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR
>>
>> I don't have the time to educate my pal "crankypuss"
>> about how to find and change the resources,
>> decompile the JAR file, convert back to a DEX file,
>> create a signature for the modified program, etc,.
>>
>> but if he is interested in educating himself,
>> I am sure he can find what he needs to know
>> with a Bing search.
>>
>> Regarding his comment:
>> "Google has too much to lose to screw around with unnecessary
>> license violations",
>>
>> if he does a Bing search on "google Linux jury"
>> he can get up to date on how Google ripped-off
>> Unix and Linux and what is being done about it.
>>
>> Basically Google is a junk collector,
>> that accumulates as much free and cheap junk they can get,
>> and uses the junk to attract searchers they can exploit.
>>
>> As experienced, intelligent Internet users know,
>> the best way to get sophisticated information on serious topics,
>> is to do an Amazon book search and read the reviews.
>>
>
> I'll learn about Android when the time comes.  If I recall correctly the 
> few things I know about it, it isn't what I'm looking for and introduces 
> restrictions I prefer not to deal with.  I'm damn sure not going to dig 
> around to find an APK file, and consider java archives to be a good way of 
> wasting time.  I'm not what one would call an "experienced, intelligent 
> Internet user", more of a moronic Luddite who prefers to reinvent the 
> wheel instead of paying to use a square one.  G'bye now, nothing truly 
> interesting in this thread so far, and I'm not your "pal".

As I pointed out,
Google is a vast waste land
and if you paid attention

you would have observed that
if you are searching for "truly interesting" informastion,
you should use an Amazon book search,
rather than Google.

I dare say that after Bezos gets the Washington Post
under control, he'll allow searches on the
Washington Post archives and morgue,
and Amazon will be even more "interesting".

-- 
Tom Potter

http://warp-to.us/
http://tiny.im/390k
http://tom-potters-world.tk/

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Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. "Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-29 18:26 +0800
  Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2013-09-30 02:18 -0600
    Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2013-09-30 08:34 +0000
      Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2013-09-30 08:49 +0000
      Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2013-09-30 03:42 -0600
        Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. "Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-01 22:43 +0800
          Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2013-10-02 03:32 -0600
            Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. "Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-03 21:37 +0800
  Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. Kerry Liles <kerry.liles@gmail.com> - 2013-09-30 10:00 -0400
    Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. "Tom Potter" <tdp1001@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-02 12:39 +0800
      Re: Simple way to view Android resources and modify Android. Kerry Liles <kerry.liles@gmail.com> - 2013-10-02 11:10 -0400

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