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Dex to Java decompiler

18 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 1 story, 17 comments · first 2015-12-13 · latest 2025-11-26

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  1. More modern choices are JADX ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx ) or Vineflower ( https://github.com/Vineflower/vineflower ). If you want a paid, higher-quality option, try JEB ( https://www.pnfsoftware.com/ ).
    comment by uneven9434 · 2025-11-26 · in Java Decompiler
  2. jadx ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx ) is similar, but for Android Java (Dalvik bytecode). I use it extensively and it works very well. Over in .NET land, dnSpy ( https://github.com/dnSpyEx/dnSpy ) works very well, even on many obfuscated…
    comment by nneonneo · 2025-09-29 · in Fernflower Java Decompiler
  3. …you can use jadx to decompile your .apk and recover the structure of your source code! https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by juris · 2025-08-26 · in Ask HN: How can I recover and run my old mobile game from the 2010s?
  4. …the app inherently either contains the decryption key somewhere or downloads it from somewhere. https://github.com/skylot/jadx will turn an apk into something that approximates Java, and digging through that will often let you figure out…
    comment by mjg59 · 2025-07-28 · in I hacked my washing machine
  5. …dex2jar also, which gave you a jar you could use in any java decompiler, like jdgui, procyon etc. https://github.com/skylot/jadx is very handy for that nowadays. It also supports interactive variable/method/class name renaming to make the…
    comment by iggldiggl · 2025-02-19 · in Debugging an Undebuggable App
  6. …for support, feel free to DM me on Twitter (handle in HN profile), more then happy to help. [1] https://github.com/skylot/jadx [2] https://m.apkpure.com/ [3] https://frida.re/docs/android/
    comment by x1sec · 2023-06-26 · in Discovering that a Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning location data
  7. …decompilers did a pretty darn good job. Anyway. To decompile dex to Java source, there's jadx: https://github.com/skylot/jadx Since decompilation is sometimes lossy, there's apktool for when you want to put the app back together after…
    comment by grishka · 2023-04-08 · in Reverse Engineering the Facebook Messenger API
  8. …[2] https://frida.re/docs/android/ [3] https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar [4] https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by sasas · 2023-03-15 · in What happens when your phone is spying on you
  9. …exactly what's happening under the hood will help if the tool becomes unsupported long-term. [1] https://github.com/skylot/jadx [2] https://github.com/mmastrac/longshot [3] https://grack.com/blog/2022/12/02/hacking-bluetooth-to-brew-...
    comment by mmastrac · 2022-12-17 · in Apk.sh is a Bash script that makes reverse engineering Android apps easier
  10. …Ninja. You can try to get the .apk file of the app and decompile it using something like jadx ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx/ ). You'll receive mostly readable Java code. It can try to deobfuscate names, if they're obfuscated. The code…
    comment by ylk · 2022-10-29 · in IDA cybersecurity software provider Hex-Rays acquired
  11. …of commoditization it's often a good question whether an app's symbols are available or not. JADX ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx ) is one tool people mostly use to fight their way through this status quo. Like with IDA, you generally…
    comment by exikyut · 2022-01-18 · in APKTool: A tool for reverse engineering Android APK files
  12. …using APKTool: https://yasoob.me/posts/reverse-engineering-android-apps-apk... I love using Jadx ( https://github.com/skylot/jadx ) to get a better understanding of the code in Java and then use APKTool to reverse engineer, decompile and…
    comment by yasoob · 2022-01-17 · in APKTool: A tool for reverse engineering Android APK files
  13. …into Java, since that is what I already knew. That was my "Ah-ha!" moment in using Gradle. [1] https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by tn1 · 2021-01-17 · in The Problem with Gradle
  14. …are done. Sometimes you even find internal API endpoints with a security issue or two. [1]: https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by itzael · 2020-05-20 · in Unofficial APIs
  15. …(reading raw Smali code) and jd-gui for a while, but recently transitioned mostly to using JADX: https://github.com/skylot/jadx JADX is really nice - there’s a decent GUI, and it also supports exporting the whole thing as an Android Studio…
    comment by nneonneo · 2020-01-01 · in Circumventing the JVM's Bytecode Verifier
  16. …//developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code.html [2] https://www.guardsquare.com/en/dexguard [3] https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by micaksica · 2017-07-13 · in Reverse-engineering the Starbucks ordering API
  17. Jadx is another great project - https://github.com/skylot/jadx
    comment by harishneit · 2015-12-13 · in Apktool – A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files