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Resigning apks

Usually when I theme an app I move it from /data/app to /system/app and then edit the files and do an update.zip to install the themed application. However, the problem with this is that I am not informed of market updates after moving the app to /system/app. Now I know that some people just edit the apk itself and resign it and that allows it to stay in /data/app.
I tried doing this, edited an apk, resigned it and that part went well. However, then I'm confused. Do I uninstall the app that's sitting in /data/app? Do I just cut and paste the new apk into /data/app? Or do I just install the new apk using Astro or something and let it overwrite the existing one.
I tried all three and it doesn't seem to work for me. It appears like everything went ok and it tells me application installed but none of the edits I make stick. Further, I noticed that in /data/app all the apks are named com.something.something.apk, whereas if you download an edited APK from some website it's usually named Facebook.apk, or Pandora.apk, etc.
So how the heck do I do this? I know the resigning is working because I edited the "Pandora.apk" that I downloaded from another source and resigned it, but when I try to pull from my phone I get the error that it either didn't install, or it does install but no changes happen.
How do you get com.something.something.apk to become Pandora.apk or Facebook.apk and then install it directly without having to do an update.zip??

anyone have a clue?

somebody anybody haha...why do my apps disappear from the app drawer after editing the apk in /data/app??

Dude i feel your pain, i've been in the same position.
Check this out it might help:
What are you editing in the apk?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6479689&postcount=1
If your changing the name then the update can't find the apk, you cant move house but keep the same adress, you wont get your mail!!
Also if your wanting to update the edited apk, it will be overwritten by the updated version so your back to square one.
Hope this helps.

Search for apk tool, it will do what you want.

help adding HTC Album back

im on the latest fresh 2.1.2 and i cannot set pictures to contacts,
Ive downloaded the HtcAlbum.apk i added it to the memory card and tried running it but it would not install,
can someone tell me the proper way to install the apk and to where. I was using root explorer but cannot get it working
Thanks

Do you know how to use ADB?...if so,
adb push /path/to/filename.apk

i have used it once or twice
can it not be done with root explorer?
if i use ADB what directory do i push it to
thanks again

adb push application.apk /system/app

[Q] Adding Android AOSP keyboard to update.zip causes forced close.

I'm trying to add the Android AOSP keyboard to my update.zip and it keeps giving me forced close. It works fine when I install the apk manually. But once I place it in /system/app it will force close after flashing the update.zip via recovery.
Can someone please tell me how to fix this? I have tried several apk's and even build my own keyboard from the source found on android.git.kernel.org
Any help will be very much appreciated.

I'm having the same issue with some other apk's. They install fine on the phone from apk, but force close once added via /data/app or /system/app
The apk's that do it all have a lib folder inside, I tried putting those libs /system/lib but that didn't help.
I'm sure I'm missing something simple here but what?

I tried putting those libs /system/lib and /system/app but still FC
but I didn't use .odex, is it need?

mainicia said:
I tried putting those libs /system/lib and /system/app but still FC
but I didn't use .odex, is it need?
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I used deodexed sources. Also I made it work by extracting the lib from the apk and placing it in /system/lib and leave the lib file inside the apk too. Removing it from the apk caused the force closes.

If you deleted a app you can't get back

Like a pro I deleted my mail.apk trying to install another one and could not install the new one.
If your stuck like I was here is how to get your mail or other app back
place .apk file in android sdk platform tools folder
start cmd
cd to android sdk/platform tools (default C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools)
adb push mail.apk /system/app/mail.apk
done
mail package I used Mediafire /?crb9oat6dt1n53l (can't post links)
Stock apps can be found on this site
It should work with others but I know it works with mail
You Will have to restart if the app uses internet

dont forget to chmod 755

that's why you should always backup with tibu before uninstalling anything

[Q] Where can I get GTalk for FroyoPro v2.4

Google Talk is gone from the latest FroyoPro v2.4. Does anyone know where to get it?
I tried gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.zip, but it doesn't work. I guess that one is just for Gingerbread based ROMs.
Any hints? Thanks in advance!
edit: Problem solved! I copied /system/app/Talk.app from FroyoPro v2.3.

Just to leave it for future reference ...
Google Apps @ CyanogenMod Wiki
Since this is Froyo --> CyanogenMod6 row, MDPI column
This will give you gapps-mdpi-20110501-signed.zip
Unpack the ZIP and adb push the "system" directory
EDIT: Goes like this:
adb connect <ip address of your X8>
On Linux: adb push ~/Download/system /system
On Windows: adb push %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\system /system
Once everything's copied over reboot the phone.

Thanks B.Jay!

hey OP, after you get the talk.apk file from v2.3, what do you do then. i try installing it by it won't work. please provide easy steps since im a noob.

Copy it to /system/app and set its permissions to rw-r--r--
I used ES File Explorer for this. And if you use it, don't forget to enable Root Explorer and Mount File System under its settings.

OP thanks.