Apps Read AndroidManifest file in eclipse plugin code

[nchy13]

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I am trying to read AndroidManifest file to extract all android permissions in eclipse plugin developnebt but have reached a dead end. It is not able to open file in /Project_root_directory/res/AndroidManifest.xml. I searched and found that it is in encrypted form.

But there should be some way because eclipse shows it in human readable format to the end user. I can't figure how to read it using Java. Any help is appreciated.

 

[out of ideas]

xml isnt java. its xml.

are you trying to decompile an app?

 

[nchy13]

What I meant was I don't want any software to do my job but through java code. I am interested in extracting permissions of android app to evaluate it on certain parameters.

 

[alostpacket]

edit: wrong code: see below

 

[nchy13]

Thanks for the reply. But just so that we are on the same page, if I were to provide uri of a a package other than that of android, would it give an exception.

 

[alostpacket]

hmm i may have posted the wrong code, let me look

 

[alostpacket]

yep, sorry ignore that above post

[HIGH]

private void getInstalledApps()
{
PackageManager pkgMgr = c.getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> list = pkgMgr.getInstalledApplications(0);

for (ApplicationInfo content : list)
{
String pname = content.packageName;
String appLabel = (String) pkgMgr.getApplicationLabel(content);

PackageInfo pi = null;

try
{
pi = pkgMgr.getPackageInfo( pname,
PackageManager.GET_META_DATA |
PackageManager.GET_PERMISSIONS );

String[] reqPerms = pi.requestedPermissions;

}
catch ( NameNotFoundException e1 )
{
if (D) e1.printStackTrace();
}

}

}
[/HIGH]

 

[nchy13]

But can I use PackageManager class in eclipse plugin. I am not coding an app. I am developing an eclipse plugin.

 

[alostpacket]

Maybe a SAX parser then? I don't know how to write eclipse plugins but if you can get the XML I could help you parse it.

Sorry I misunderstood your question

 

[nchy13]

I tried to access the AndroidManifest.xml in res folder of project's root directory but I was not able to find it. Could you help me in locating this xml file in an android app?

 

[out of ideas]

in eclipse the manifest is in the root level. like where src and res have folders, the manifest in the the same level as those main folder, not in /res

and if you use something like apktool, itll be in the main level as well, where the res and smali folders are.