Android Extract APK

To extract APK (Android app) from a non rooted Android phone you will need to enable developer options and download platform tools from android.com.

Check if your ADB_VERSION_KEYS variable is configured.

echo $ADB_VERSION_KEYS

If not configured. Add this line to your .zshrc if you are using zsh in macOS.

export ADB_VENDOR_KEYS=~/.android/adbkey.pub

If public key was not found in the directory. Run the command below to generate it.

adb keygen ~/.android/adbkey

To list all the packages in your phone

adb shell pm list packages

Or you can filter it with grep

adb shell pm list packages|grep <filter>

Lets say we are extracting YouTube “com.google.android.youtube”. We will need the path of the APK.

adb shell pm path <package_id>

Lets say we are extracting the base.apk

adb pull <apk_path>

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