APK Editor Studio v1.7.2 Released
Important hotfixes, code editor improvements, and more
January 19, 2025
Release
It's been a long time since the previous update. I finally had a couple of days off from my main job, so now I'm happy to announce the APK Editor Studio v1.7.2 release. It contains the improved support for newer Android versions, code editor features, new translations, and a hotfix related to APK version code and SDK versions.
What's New
- Fixed manifest parsing for newer Apktool versions
- Fixed AAPT 1/2 switch for newer Apktool versions
- Fixed regular expression search by whole match
- Added word wrap support to code editor
- Added font configuration to code editor
- Added Android 14 and 15 support
- Added Luri (Bakhtiari) translation
- Added Ukrainian translation
- Added Vietnamese translation
- Updated default Apktool to 2.11.0
- macOS: Fixed minimum version to be 10.13 (High Sierra)
Hotfixes for Newer Apktool
This release includes a hotfix (well, not so ️🔥 "hot", but anyway…) for the newer Apktool versions.
In 2.9.0 release, Apktool has introduced its own internal YAML implementation. Unlike the previously used SnakeYAML, it has some different serialization algorithms. Due to this change, regular expressions for manifest parsing stopped working properly in APK Editor Studio, causing the inability to retrieve the APK version code and SDK versions.
Long story short, the issue is fixed now, and the APK version code and SDK versions info should be available again.
Also, APK Editor Studio now takes into account the fact that Apktool moved to AAPT2 as the default packaging tool.
New Code Editor Features
Word wrapping has been added to the code editor.
You can toggle it by checking the
Tab → Word Wrap option.
Also, you can now configure the font family and size for the code editor.
It can be done in
Settings → Options → Appearance → Code Editor Font.
Additionally, the font size can be changed directly in the code editor by pressing the following shortcuts:
- Ctrl + + (increase the font size)
- Ctrl + − (decrease the font size)
- Ctrl + = (reset the font size)
AdSense Shut Down
Unfortunately, four months ago, Google shut down my AdSense account without explaining the specific reason behind this decision. Although APK Editor Studio is (and will always remain) a free and open-source project, this obviously impacted my small passive income which was a good bonus for sustaining this hobby project.
On the bright side, the APK Editor Studio website is now much easier to navigate without popups, banners ads, and other distractions. However, without any obligation, I would deeply appreciate your donations.
❤️ And, once again, thank you so much to everyone who supports APK Editor Studio.
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