Any one know about Decompiling Android .apk?

[BackSlashx00]

I am having an issue after recompiling the desired Android Package Kit (APK). I decompiled an application to see the source. That worked with no issues. However I did not change any pieces of the code, I just wanted to test if this worked, so I photo shopped the start splash image. Then when I recompiled the source using:
apktool b example1 example1.apk
The message appeared the way it is supposed to. It was checking to see if there were any changes, and it built the apk file fine. However after installing the application to my phone, I get an error that displays: Application not installed, and a button that says "Done". Not sure if I am doing anything wrong, or it is the application itself.

[IchownUrMomNfsck]

thats really strange i havnt had this happen yet...keyword...maybe it wasnt signed correctly or something became corrupted in apktool...try downloading the drag and drop sign tool from xda-developers forum(its bundled with a few other things downloaded a while back dont remember exact name but should be easy to search for) then take to recompiled app and drop it onto "drop_and_sign.bat" and it will sign for you and spit out the new one in the same directory...if this doesnt help then possibly you altered something and didnt realize it...

[Solo.wolf2013]

Git is the best friend of mine when i recompile, decompile android apps

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