v2.9.0

What's Changed

• test: add failing/passing sparse/not-sparse test by @iBotPeaches in #3201
• Fix LocaleNumberSystem + ConfigFlag reading by @iBotPeaches in #3205
• Streamline decoding AndroidManifest.xml by @sv99 in #3171
• fix: support skipping unread header sizes of ResChunk by @iBotPeaches in #3180
• fix: support skipping entries with NO_ENTRY (-1) flag by @iBotPeaches in #3209
• fix: handle larger axml namespace headers than known by @iBotPeaches in #3210
• Explicit ResFileDecoder initialization in the decodeResources by @sv99 in #3211
• build(deps): bump gradle/gradle-build-action from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 by @dependabot in #3213
• build(deps): bump gradle/wrapper-validation-action from 1.0.6 to 1.1.0 by @dependabot in #3214
• Support explicit operation for when to load full resource table by @sv99 in #3217
• fix: adjust helper files to include system property sets by @iBotPeaches in #3215
• feat: Introduce --no-compile-sdk-metadata by @iBotPeaches in #3208
• "--no-compile-sdk-metadata" tests. by @iBotPeaches in #3220
• fix: end parsing if EOF is hit by @iBotPeaches in #3223
• suppress javadoc lint warning by @sv99 in #3222
• Remove SnakeYAML for manual YAML Parser by @sv99 in #3191
• fix: Gradle wrapper validation trigger issue by @ArjunaKumarMohanta in #3228
• Manual YAML Cleanup by @iBotPeaches in #3229
• Support empty resource table. by @iBotPeaches in #3230
• refactor: clean up style and redundancy by @IgorEisberg in #3232
• fix: support duplicated namespaces by @iBotPeaches in #3233
• fix: resolve missing namespace on system resources by @iBotPeaches in #3234
• Move to XMLUnit Legacy by @iBotPeaches in #3235
• fix: skip unknown chunks in AXML by @iBotPeaches in #3237
• fix: skip files that attempt to break filesystem by @iBotPeaches in #3238
• build(deps): bump gradle/gradle-build-action from 2.6.1 to 2.7.0 by @dependabot in #3241
• Hardened String Block Parser by @iBotPeaches in #3239
• build(deps): bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.12.0 to 3.13.0 by @dependabot in #3240
• in the ApkDecoder use apkFile and unknownFiles from ApkInfo by @sv99 in #3242
• merge ResAttrDecoder into the AXmlResourceParser by @sv99 in #3243
• Migrate to Gradle Kotlin DSL by @iBotPeaches in #3249
• fix: support decoding application with duplicate res entries by @iBotPeaches in #3252
• fix: support encode styled string if length larger than offset by @iBotPeaches in #3254
• refactor: change naming pattern of class variables in StringBlock by @iBotPeaches in #3256
• Remove Apktool Dummys. by @iBotPeaches in #3258
• build: upgrade to shadow build 8.1.1 by @iBotPeaches in #3259
• Refactor logging for chunks and sparse flags. by @iBotPeaches in #3260
• refactor: split out string block vs res table string by @iBotPeaches in #3267
• refactor: remove unused decodeManifest function by @iBotPeaches in #3268
• refactor: remove deprecations from test suite by @iBotPeaches in #3269
• refactor: remove unneeded blocks/semicolons by @iBotPeaches in #3273
• fix: bump heap size to 1g max by @iBotPeaches in #3286
• feat: Upgrade gradle to v8.3 by @ArjunaKumarMohanta in #3275
• build(deps): bump gradle/gradle-build-action from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 by @dependabot in #3285
• fix: correct path to archive during ci by @iBotPeaches in #3287
• feat: shorten archive name to apktool-{version}.jar by @iBotPeaches in #3289
• fix: obtain git history for proper "git describe" by @iBotPeaches in #3291
• refactor: use proper enum (0 on both) for setMethod() by @iBotPeaches in #3297
• Prevent poisioning mResTable if Framework is sparse. by @iBotPeaches in #3299
• Sponsors by @iBotPeaches in #3301
• refactor: verbose doesn't adapt handler by @iBotPeaches in #3310
• build(deps): bump gradle/gradle-build-action from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0 by @dependabot in #3316
• Feat: Introduce "res-mode" options. by @iBotPeaches in #3318
• refactor: make _options lowercase by @iBotPeaches in #3324
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #3327
• Support Disassembly of mega old Android (M5) by @iBotPeaches in #3325
• Reworks Attr/Array Handler by @iBotPeaches in #3326
• fix: enforce java 1.8 compatibility with built artifacts by @iBotPeaches in #3330
• refactor: adjust line to fit 120 length line endings in /value by @iBotPeaches in #3338
• fix: handle duplicate res entries during a complex resource by @iBotPeaches in #3347
• refactor: use static inner classes for AbstractDirectory by @iBotPeaches in #3348
• refactor: suppress last unused method return by @iBotPeaches in #3349
• build: migrate towards "libs.versions.toml" by @iBotPeaches in #3353
• fix: support more resource-modes params by @iBotPeaches in #3354
• build: add dependency graph support by @iBotPeaches in #3355
• refactor: remake android-framework jar file by @iBotPeaches in #3356
• build(deps): bump gradle/gradle-build-action from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0 by @dependabot in #3359
• build(deps): bump commons-io:commons-io from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0 by @dependabot in #3358
• Add Docker support by @Fmstrat in #3351
• Added auto-build of docker image by @Fmstrat in #3361
• build: update aapt/aapt2 with win/linux binaries by @iBotPeaches in #3360
• Android 14 Support (Partial) by @iBotPeaches in #3206
• Added support for PR builds on master by @Fmstrat in #3363
• Move aapt2 to default (from aapt1) by @iBotPeaches in #3370
• refactor: hard-code IMAGE_NAME, add some spaces by @iBotPeaches in #3371
• fix: support COMPACT/OFFSET16 packed resources. by @iBotPeaches in #3372
• Update Windows helper script to handle /c properly. by @maksz42 in #2973
• Android 14 - Support for Grammatical Inflection by @iBotPeaches in #3374
• build: restore aapt1 miui qualifiers + static by @iBotPeaches in #3379

New Contributors

• @Fmstrat made their first contribution in #3351
• @maksz42 made their first contribution in #2973

Full Changelog: v2.8.1...v2.9.0
Blog: https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/08/apktool-v2-9-0-released/
Doc Site: https://apktool.org/blog/apktool-2.9.0