My first open source Project 😀🇮🇳

Dex-Editor-Android

A work-in-progress multifunctional advanced Android DEX file editor for Android, using mainly smali & dexlib2.

Available decompilers

• JADX

Available features

• Dex Smali classes TreeView
• Smali navigation (methods, fields and strings list)
• Decompile single smali classes
• Decompiling single smali method bodies to java
• Batch class deletion
• Smali method flow diagram
• Editing Smali with best code editor
• Batch class editor and navigator
• Multi dex loader and compiler
• Smali full fetured search and replacement with all type search methods
• Jump to another class
• Smali compilation options
• Strings list tab
• Jump to smali lables (cond, try_catch etc.) within method body
• Custom editor selection menu (Calling translation apps)
• Faster Dex compilation with real time progress update
• Supported propper error handling during smali compilation
• Enhancement in smali library
• Full featured Smali Editor
• Supported DEX version 40 and 41(Partially)
• Working on android api 21 (only my build apk)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Android Studio: Latest version (Ladybug or newer recommended)
• JDK: 17 or 21 (Required for Gradle 9+)
• Android SDK: API 37 (Compile SDK)
• Min SDK: API 24

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/developer-krushna/Dex-Editor-Android.git

2. Open the project:
   • Launch Android Studio.
   • Click File -> Open and select the Dex-Editor-Android folder.
3. Sync and Build:
   • Wait for the Gradle sync to finish.
   • Click the Run button or navigate to Build -> Build Bundle(s) / APK(s) -> Build APK(s).

Project Environment

• Gradle Version: 9.5.0
• Android Gradle Plugin (AGP): 9.2.1
• Java Version: 11 (for Sketchware Pro) / 17+ (for Android Studio)

To-Do

• Batch Insertion and extraction of classes
• Direct class renamer

Project build with

• Sketchware Pro , Java 11 version
• Android Studio

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Dex Editor +

Project Previews

TreeView record5.mp4	Smali Editor record2.mp4
Explorer record1.mp4	Smali Search video_20260528_074737.mp4
Editor Functions record3.mp4	Old Video My.Record.mp4

Special thanks to

• MT Manager Developer (All logics and UIs idea copied from MT Manager)

• Timscriptov for helping me in the development of Smali method flow diagram, and also thanks for making server rest api …I am really indebted to him ♥️

• [Sora-Editor] for a beautiful Android TextEditor (https://github.com/Rosemoe/sora-editor)

• Thanks to Android Prime for helping me a lot in sora editor functionalities

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License and Usage Restrictions

This project is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. However, please note the following restriction regarding the usage of this code:

• You are strictly prohibited from using this code in private projects.
• Contributions to this project are welcome within this repository only.

For more details on the license terms and usage restrictions, please refer to the LICENSE file.

License

Copyright (C) 2024-26 Krushna Chandra

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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