Compiling APKs with gradle

README

• Gradle can only use android-build-tools version 29.0.3 as this is the only one that works for now.

Adding canary repo (As its beta feature still)

1. Open “package settings” menu
2. Click 3 dots and select “source”
3. Choose “new”
   • For URL add: https://gitlab.com/pwn-hunter/apt-repository/-/raw/canary/
   • For “New repo” add: canary main
4. Do apt update

Installing deps and needed sdk’s

$ apt install gradle android-sdk-build-tools android-sdk-tools git

$ sdkmanager --update

$ sdkmanager "platforms;android-29"

Building apk from kali-nethunter-app (As example)

Cloning source code

$ home

$ git clone https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/nethunter/apps/kali-nethunter-app.git -b 2021.1 --depth=1

$ cd kali-nethunter-app

$ touch local.properties

$ echo "sdk.dir=/data/data/hilled.pwnterm/files/usr/share/android-sdk" >> local.properties

Building the app

• In first run of gradle we need to get an error with aapt2 path so lets do it

  $ ./gradlew assemble
  

• Error shoud look like this

  AAPT2 aapt2-(versionstring)-linux Daemon blabla
  

• In this msg get full path of aapt2 that it complains about and open new session
• Now run this in new session

  gradle-aapt2fix -p fullpathhere
  

• Now quicly swith session to gradle build and rerun this

  $ ./gradlew assemble
  

• Now you should have an built apk in: build/outputs/apk/(Debug or Release)/something.apk