Quick editing
What is quick editing?
This is editing some of the core application data without the need for decompiling and rebuilding.
What is quick editing used for?
to view information about the app (apk), its permissions, and preferred installation location (not to be confused with the actual installation location);
to change the app name;
to change the app package name (clone the app);
to replace both vector (automatically generated), adaptive, and regular raster icons in applications;
to set the preferred app installation location;
to change the minimum or target SDK version;
to adapt the app for Android TV;
to remove it from the Manifest: android:isSplitRequired, android:debuggable,
android:testOnly.
Why do I need the "Permissions" item?
To view the app's permissions, as well as to enable or disable them.
Can I convert images to vector?
Yes.
PNG, Jpeg, Webp, and Svg formats are supported.
The conversion takes place using the {old file name}type _vector.xml
When converting, you can improve or degrade the image quality.
Is it possible to convert an svg image to VectorDrawable?
Yes.
Available in the preview of SVG/VectorDrawable polygons (uncompiled)
Note: the svg must have a simple and adequate structure, otherwise the parser may not process it properly, and you will have to normalize it manually to make it work properly.
Is it possible to convert bitmap images to VectorDrawable?
Yes.
This is not a panacea. It may have a large error in tracing-it depends on the complexity of the source image geometry.
How do I replace the app icon?
- Prepare the necessary icon, gelatinally in png format and size, preferably, no more than 192x192px.
- Select the required application → Quick Edit.
- In the upper-left corner, you can see the icon of the installed app and its name.
- Tap on the icon itself and select the previously prepared icon.
- If necessary, check the necessary settings boxes: "replace adaptive icon" " high-quality icon (larger size)
- Also select the signature file if you haven't installed it before.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be in the same folder, next to the selected application with the mod label at the end.
How do I extract the app icon?
- Select the required application → Quick Edit.
- Long tap on the icon.
The extracted konka will be in the same folder, next to the selected application.
How do I change the minimum or target sdk version?
- Select the required application → Quick Edit.
- Make the necessary changes in the "Minimum SDK Version" or "Target SDK Version" settings.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be in the same folder, next to the selected application with the mod label at the end.
How do I change the app name?
- Select the required application → Quick Edit.
- Next, change the name of the desired application to the required one.
- Select the signature file if you haven't installed it before.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be placed next to the selected application with mod marked at the end.
Why can't I change the "App Name"? (The item is inactive.)
Probably because the minimum sdk version of the app is higher than your system version. Under these conditions, editing is restricted.
First, you need to downgrade the minimum version of the sdk, and then edit everything else.
How do I change the app package name?
- Select the required application → "Quick Edit".
- Next, change the package name.
- Select the signature file if you haven't installed it before.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be placed next to the selected application with mod marked at the end.
How to make an apk clone in this app?
- Select the required application → "Quick Edit".
- Then change the package name, for example, by adding or removing the last letters in the name.
- Select the signature file if you haven't installed it before.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be placed next to the selected application with mod marked at the end.
How do I clone an app during quick editing?
The program changes the following parameters during quick editing: AndroidManifest.xml and resources.arsc.
How do I adapt the app for Android TV?
- Select the required application → "Quick Edit".
- Next, check the box "Adapt for Android TV.
- Select the signature file if you haven't installed it before.
- Click "Save".
The finished file will be placed next to the selected application with mod marked at the end. The app icon is used as a banner.
What should I do if the app doesn't install after a quick edit?
Check if you just didn't sign the package?
In quick edit, select a signature. By default, select "don't sign" if you haven't used the signature before.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Gold Edition -tem- -phis...
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The game’s true lies in its exploration of the sniper’s dual perspective. Through the scope, the world becomes a sterile grid of targets: wind speed, distance, bullet drop. Enemies are reduced to silhouettes, labeled as “hostiles.” Yet, the narrative forces the player to confront the human cost. Protagonist Jonathan North, a US Marine embedded in a Georgian civil conflict, is hunting his own brother, Robert, who has gone rogue. This personal stake collapses the clinical distance the sniper rifle provides.
The Gold Edition’s inclusion of all post-launch patches smooths out the original’s infamous glitches (falling through the map, broken AI), allowing this thematic emphasis to shine. Every kill is accompanied by a slow-motion bullet-cam that tracks the projectile through flesh and bone—a graphic, almost voyeuristic reminder of the violence inflicted from afar. The game refuses to let the player feel heroic. Instead, it emphasizes the loneliness of the role. There is no squad to debrief you; only a safehouse in a church tower, where you clean your rifle, craft ammunition, and listen to voicemails from a fractured family. The emphasis is on the sniper as a tragic figure: powerful yet powerless, precise yet morally lost.
In the crowded battlefield of military shooters, where the frenetic spray of assault rifles and the orchestrated chaos of squad combat dominate, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Gold Edition (CI Games, 2017) carves a quieter, more deliberate space. The game’s full title, with its “Gold Edition” label, signals a final, patched, and DLC-inclusive version—one that allows critics to assess the original vision without the veil of technical instability. At its core, the game is not merely about pulling a trigger from a thousand meters; it is a thematic study of isolation, patience, and the murky ethics of modern asymmetrical warfare. The tempo (derived from your “-tem-”) of the game is its defining mechanical and emotional signature, while its emphasis (“-phis...”) rests squarely on the tension between the sniper’s godlike perspective and his fragile, human morality.
The Gold Edition enhances this by including the The Sabotage and The Escape DLCs, which introduce larger sandbox areas that demand even more methodical movement. The player’s heartbeat—visualized through a scope sway mechanic—becomes a gameplay antagonist. Breathe, steady, wait, exhale, fire. This rhythm mimics the real-world psychology of a sniper: a hyper-focused calm that borders on dissociation. The game’s open-world structure, divided into three large northern Georgian provinces, reinforces this by allowing the player to choose engagement distances. Do you take the risky 300m shot through a forest canopy, or do you stalk for an hour to reach the 800m ridge? The tempo is yours to set, but it always punishes haste.
The most striking element of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is its radical rejection of conventional first-person shooter pacing. Where Call of Duty rewards split-second reflexes, this game rewards the player who lies prone in Georgian undergrowth for five real-time minutes, waiting for a wind shift or a patrol route to align. The is slow, almost meditative. Missions are structured around reconnaissance, positioning, and the single, decisive shot. This slow pace is not a flaw but a thematic statement: modern sniping is 90 percent patience and 10 percent violence.
Translating apps
How many languages are supported for translation?
More than 100 languages.
What options are available in Yandex. Translate?
Automatic translation of selected strings in resources (strings, arrays, plurals) and smali,;
Manual translation in resources (strings, arrays, plurals) and smali;
Correction of the translation;
Online translation with a choice of several translation services;
Offline translation;
Dictionary support;
Creating your own dictionaries from an existing translation;
Support for MT Manager dictionaries;
Combining languages.
How many online translation services are available in the app?
Three: Yandex, Google, Bing.
I can't find the app's translation function. How to enable Yandex. Translate and translate the app (strings.xml) in Russian?
This feature is only available when the app is decompiled.
- Decompile the resources of the desired apk.
- Go to the folder with the decompiled files.
- Open the file manager menu (it opens by clicking on the address bar) and select"Translator".
How do I translate an app automatically?
- Decompile the resources of the desired apk.
- Go to the folder with decompiled files.
- Open the file manager menu (it opens by clicking on the address bar) and select the "Translator" item, then click on the three dots at the top right and select the "Auto-translation" item.
- In the menu that opens, select the desired translation service, for example, Yandex.
- In the "Source language" item, you can leave the "Define language" automatic selection of the final language - select the desired one. By default, the language installed on your system is suggested.
- At the bottom, check the necessary boxes "Merge if exists" or "Save only translated strings"
- Select the necessary lines and select them.
- Click "Translate" To translate strings in res/values/strings.
- After completing the transfer, click again on the three dots at the top right and select "Save"
- We are putting together our project (app).
How do I translate an app in smali automatically?
- Decompile the desired apk.
- Go to the folder with decompiled files.
- Open the file manager menu (it opens by clicking on the address bar) and select "smali translation", then click on the three dots at the top right and select "Auto-translation".
- In the menu that opens, select the desired translation service, for example, Yandex.
- In the "Source language" item, you can leave the "Define language" automatic selection of the final language - select the desired one. By default, the language installed on your system is suggested.
- Select the necessary lines and select them.
- At the bottom, check the necessary boxes "Merge if exists" or "Save only translated strings"
- Click"Translate"
- After completing the transfer, click again on the three dots at the top right and select"Save".
- We are putting together our project (app).
In "Automatic translation" there is a function "correct translation". What is it used for?
To skip lines that you don't need to translate: true, false, %1$d/%2$d, now also includes vector graphics, references, and so on, as well as corrects some lines after auto-translation.
How do I translate an app manually?
- Decompile the desired apk.
- Go to the folder with decompiled files.
- Open the file manager menu (it opens by clicking on the address bar) and select "smali translation" and manually edit the necessary lines.
- At the top right, click on the three dots and select"Save"
- We are putting together our project (app).
How can I combine languages if the default strings of the translated app don't contain the necessary ones, but others do?
After the necessary translation of the application, go to the translator menu, select "add, add from" and add the missing lines from another locale. Of course, then we translate them, if necessary.
What dictionary format is supported in Apktool M?
*. amd and *. mtd
How do I create my own dictionary from a translated file?
Open Yandex. Translate, select "create dictionary" from the menu, select the source (untranslated strings) and target resource (your translation file) in the project folder, and save it.
How do I use the saved dictionary?
The next time you make a transfer, it will appear in the translation service selection.
Where can I get a ready-made dictionary for offline translation?
In the
MT Manager topic Copy it to the "Output directory/dictionary" (by default it is "Apktool_M/dictionary" in the internal memory), or simply import it by clicking on the dictionary file in the program and add it.
After that, the dictionary will appear in Yandex. Translate, in auto-translation services.
After the transfer, the project is not collected. Returns an error.
- Delete invalid lines that are usually specified in the build error log.
- To build, use aapt1 if it is not built in aapt2 and there are no errors about invalid translation strings.
- The app may be protected by signature.
File Manager
Does Apktool have a full-fledged file manager?
Yes.
How do I access the file manager menu?
The menu opens by clicking on the address bar.
What features does it have?
deleting files;
copying it;
renaming, including batch renaming;
creating a list of files;
archiving;
file and folder properties;
full-fledged search;
bookmarks;
history of last opened files;
the apk/apks file properties dialog is a separate topic;
preview of vector xml/svg files, as well as converting images to a vector;
preview ttf/otf fonts;
batch operations with selected apks or images, by long pressing;
in project folders, in the properties of resource files, there is their ID from public.xml (if any).
How do I open the context menu when viewing files?
Long tap on the file itself.
What items are available in the context menu?
Send the file (s)...
Open in...
Remove.
Rename it.
Squeeze.
Extract here.
Extract to "File Name"
View the content.
Features.
Copy.
Cut.
MPatcher.
Choose.
Select all.
Copy the name.
Copy the path.
Add to bookmarks.
How do I select a file / folder?
- Long press on the file / folder itself or on the icon.
- After selecting a file / folder by long-clicking on the icon, you can long-click on the icon of another file, select files "from and to".
- You can also quickly select everything by long-pressing the "back" icon (..)
How do I rename files?
By long-clicking on the file, the rename dialog appears.
In the same dialog, by long-clicking on "auto", you can rename it to automatic mode using templates.
How can I edit a file using an external editor directly from the app?
Long press on file → in the pop-up context menu, select "Open in"...
How do I create an archive of files?
Select "Compress" from the context menu. When archiving files, you can add them to an existing archive.
Can I delete or replace files/folders in archives (including APKs) without disassembling/assembling them?
Yes.
- Long tap on the/.apk archive and select "View content"from the pop-up menu.
- Use a long tap to select what you need to delete or extract.
After the necessary manipulations, the file will be automatically reassembled and signed.
The original file is saved next to the extension .bak.
How can I replace a file or folder with an already edited one in a disassembled APK?
Long tap on the desired file and select "Extract here" in the context menu...
If you want, for example, to replace an image in the drawable folder, you must add the res folder with the replacement to the apk, which contains the drawable folder, which in turn contains the image.
In other words, it is important to preserve the directory structure!
After the necessary actions, we will archive the file with the apk extension back.
We sign it.
Does Apktool M have a full-fledged search engine?
Yes.
There are both file search, file names, text search in files, and installed applications.
Manual address entry is triggered by long-pressing the address.
Does the app have regular expression search?
Yes.
How do I start using search?
Open the file manager menu by clicking on the address.
I didn't find a folder search. Only in the file.
You do not need to hold the folder itself, but go to the very folder where the search will be, then click on the "arrow or path to the folder/file" and the search menu will appear.
Are all search results saved and how do I find them?
Yes. The search history is saved.
An item appears in the Explorer menu (click on the address at the top), or by long-pressing the search icon in the bottom panel, if it is enabled there.
You can also search in the search results themselves.
If you didn't search for anything, then this item is missing.
Various
Does Apktool have a clone function?
Yes.
This requires a full decompilation of the application.
How else can I clone an app?
Use the patch in the MPatcher program.
How can I remove unnecessary languages from the app, except for ru, eng?
In the context menu, select the item " Optimize (aapt2).
In the settings of this item, check the box "Set configuration" and specify the language that you need to leave, in this case it is "ru, ru-rRU".
How do I remove all languages except Russian, Ukrainian, and English?
Similar to deleting all languages except Russian and English.
In the "Set configuration" item, specify the languages that you need to leave, for example, "ru, ru-rRU, uk, ru-rUA, uk-rRU".
How can I view the list of installed apps?
At the top right - the "Applications" tab.
How do I edit the entire Manifest in the app?
The entire manifest is edited when resources are decompiled.
Is there a built-in value converter?
Yes.
How do I get there?
Home screen → Three hours in the upper right corner → The converter.
What values are supported?
Text ↔ SHA-384
Text ↔ SHA-224
Text ↔ SHA-256
Text ↔ SHA-512
Текст SHA-1 text
Text ↔ MD5
Text ↔ URL encoding
Text ↔ Unicode
↔ Base64 text
Text ↔ Array (US-ASCII)
Text ↔ Array (UTF-16LE)
Text ↔ Array (UTF-16BE)
Text ↔ Array (UTF-8)
Text ↔ Array (CP1251)
Text ↔ Array (ISO-8859-1)
Decimal ↔ Octal
Decimal ↔ Binary
↔ Smali color
Decimal ↔ Hex (0x0)
Decimal ↔ Hex (0x00000000)
Decimal ↔ Hex
Float ↔ Binary
Float ↔ Octal
Float ↔ Hex
Float ↔ Hex (0x0)
Float ↔ Hex (0x00000000)
Please note!
All ciphers that are backward compatible can be converted back. This is done in the lower input window.
How do I update Apktool M?
Home screen → Three hours in the upper-right corner → "Settings" → "Program Update" enable "Check for updates".
Below, you can select the item "Update check frequency".
How do I download the update?
From Apktool M itself, or download via the browser.
Where is the update file saved?
To the internal memory in the "Download" folder.
Can I disable update checking?
Yes, you can.
Home screen → Three hours in the upper-right corner → "Settings" → "About the app" → "Disable update checking".
How can I restore from a backup? My restore item is not active...
To recover, you must first save your account.
The backup file must be located at the path: "/internal_memory/Apktool_M. backup", if it is not present, the item is not active.