Feature request: parse aab format

[sunnylqm]

https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle/app-bundle-format

It seems that there is just one more base folder compared to apk:

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm Please provide a aab file for testing.

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm I tried to parse the AAB file base on the current version. It seems not just one more folder. The AAB file's AndroidManifest.xml has a different chunk type compare to APK file, that make a parse error in xml-parser/binary.js. I will try it later but no sure when it will be resolved(because I'm working for a busy project).

[sunnylqm]

@chenquincy Appreciate your effort! I'd like to buy you some coffee 👍

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm I just checked some document of AAB file and found that things are more complicated than we thought.

Refer to this document.

The manifest.xml in AAB file is compiled with a protocol buffer format different from apk's manifest.xml(binary format).

It means that we need the detail of protocol buffer format to parse AAB file's manifest.xml. Unfortunately, I didn't find it.

[chenquincy]

If you can find or provide the protocol, I think I can resolve the issue with the protocol.

[sunnylqm]

i think it means this one https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers right?

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm Yes, that's it. But we also need the proto file or json of the xml to decode it. Here is a js tool to decode protocol buffer format content: protobufjs.
I have no idea about the structure of the manifest.xml's proto.

[sunnylqm]

Check this out
https://gist.github.com/Farious/e841ef85a8f4280e4f248ba8037ea2c0#file-rollback_aab-sh-L51

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm Thanks for your help. I parsed it success just now, is this result you want:

{
  "element": {...},
  "source": {...}
}

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm I had simplified the result, because the original result is too long.

[sunnylqm]

I don't know but I think it is 😅

[sunnylqm]

Very cool! Looking forward for a new version!

[chenquincy]

@sunnylqm OK, I have removed the parse result. I still should take a while to write the final version. Be patient, not sure for the finish time. Thanks for your help and support again!

[DreamPWJ]

希望尽快啊，辛苦

[R1p4eg]

Hi there!

Any update on this issue/feature?)

[thekhegay]

@chenquincy helllo! any updates?

[reyesmfabian]

Hi, is there any update or new version with this feature? Thank you very much :)