jadx v1.4.7 released: Dex to Java decompiler

by do son · Published June 20, 2019 · Updated April 21, 2023

jadx – Dex to Java decompiler

Command-line and GUI tools for producing Java source code from Android Dex and Apk files

Changelog v1.4.7

Features

[core] Inline lambdas by instance field (#1800)
[plugins] Allow to load classes using input stream or byte array in jadx-input plugin (#1457)

Bug Fixes

[core] Restore missing type parameter declarations (#1800)
[core] Filter invalid chars in app name for gradle export (PR #1813)
[core] Correct args shift for instance invoke-custom (#1816)
[core] Additional checks to forbid inline of null consts (#1828)
[core] Use strict patterns for synthetic methods inline (#1829)
[res] Resolve manifest decoding error Expected strings start (#1797)(PR #1798)
[res] Handle RES_TABLE_TYPE_OVERLAY (#1748) (PR #1804)
[res] Parsing of sparse RES_TABLE_TYPE_TYPE and RES_TABLE_TYPE_STAGED_ALIAS chunks (#1806 #1803)(PR #1807)
[res] Resolve int hex attributes
[res] Resolve custom attributes
[res] Resolve declare-styleable atrributes
[res] Set empty parent for styles without a parent, remove duplicated code
[xml] Use parent attribute only for styles (PR #1815)
[gui] Search constant fields usage in all classes (#1801)
[gui] Redirect jump from search for inlined classes
[gui] Show skipped resources count during search (#1808)
[gui] Update Messages_zh_CN.properties (PR #1811)
[debugger] Process UI updates in correct thread (#1796)
[cli] Make enum CLI arguments match documented format (PR #1787)

Downloads

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/skylot/jadx.git

cd jadx

./gradlew dist

(on Windows, use gradlew.bat instead of ./gradlew)

Scripts for run jadx will be placed in build/jadx/bin and also packed to build/jadx-<version>.zip

Run

Run jadx on itself:

cd build/jadx/

bin/jadx -d out lib/jadx-core-*.jar

#or

bin/jadx-gui lib/jadx-core-*.jar

Usage

jadx[-gui] [options] <input file> (.dex, .apk, .jar or .class)

options:

 -d, --output-dir           - output directory

 -j, --threads-count        - processing threads count

 -r, --no-res               - do not decode resources

 -s, --no-src               - do not decompile source code

 -e, --export-gradle        - save as android gradle project

     --show-bad-code        - show inconsistent code (incorrectly decompiled)

     --no-replace-consts    - don't replace constant value with matching constant field

     --escape-unicode       - escape non latin characters in strings (with \u)

     --deobf                - activate deobfuscation

     --deobf-min            - min length of name

     --deobf-max            - max length of name

     --deobf-rewrite-cfg    - force to save deobfuscation map

     --deobf-use-sourcename - use source file name as class name alias

     --cfg                  - save methods control flow graph to dot file

     --raw-cfg              - save methods control flow graph (use raw instructions)

 -f, --fallback             - make simple dump (using goto instead of 'if', 'for', etc)

 -v, --verbose              - verbose output

 -h, --help                 - print this help

Example:

 jadx -d out classes.dex