What is VTS?
Basically, it is an awesome tool for noobs like me who had issues with using the basics like APKTool and the rest of the required tools. But with all this power it can be overwhelming to use.
From the website :
What is VTS?
Virtuous Ten Studio (VTS) is the ultimate solution for the modification of android applications. This program allows you to manage entire Android projects within an easy to use and familiar environment.
The intended group of users covers anyone from a themer over ROM devs up to the smali gods known for their awesome mods of existing apks. The modifcation of smali code is one of the biggest features in VTS. You can easily decompile, edit and recompile any apk or jar file.
However, the application is not limited to smali files. You can edit almost any file found inside an apk or jar.
Virtuous Ten Studio is also the official successor to the highly important M10Tools released last year by the Virtuous Team. You can easily edit any m10 file from Sense apps in order to resize, modify or theme them.
VTS has been designed to run on Windows, has been in development for over a year and has gone through many stages of testing. We now feel that the it is mature enough to be released publicly.
- Fully featured IDE
- Seamless integration of useful external tools
- ApkTool
- Smali/Baksmali
- ADB
- Zipalign
- Sign
- dex2jar
- Winmerge
- Remote Theme Injector (RTI)
- many more
- Work with your apks just like having real java code
- Support for apks and framework jars
- Easily keep track of multiple apks/jars with the Solution Explorer
- Manage big projects with ease
- Edit smali code like never before
- Syntax highlighting
- Live syntax error checking
- Jumping to smali references (method calls, fields, classes, gotos)
- Help files on almost every smali command and topic
- Connection between smali code and public.xml to expose hex references
- Have a helpful look at the java source of any smali file if needed
- Paste often used smali snippets right from the editor
- Enhanced XML workflow
- Easy navigation in XML documents
- Follow XML resource paths and jump to the source file with a simple click
- Previews of color codes, images and string resources directly in the xml file
- Edit M10 files with great usability
- Support for all Sense versions (3.0, 3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 4.1, 4.5)
- Work with m10 files either with the dedicated M10 project or via the combined APK project
- Decompile m10 images of all Sense versions to create HTC Sense themes
- Quickly analyze the contents with the M10-Structure viewer
- Validate your m10 changes with the syntax checker
- Unimportant m10 parts are greyed out or completely hidden
- Communicate with your device with yet to be seen ease
- Tight integration of many ADB commands
- Push apks easily to any place on your device
- Remote import files to edit them with VTS
- Debug your device with the integrated Logcat-Viewer
- Enhance your workflow with useful additions
- Easily create backups of your projects
- Dedicated compare interface for easy comparision of files, folders or projects
- Hundreds of other awesome features (seriously, you really have to see and try it yourself)