Release notes from jadx

1.5.0

2024-04-21T09:20:26Z

Main features

Added support for:
- Scripting, uses Kotlin, check short guide
- External plugins, guide
  Both features in preview state, API is stable but limited (especially in UI customizations)
Jadx GUI:
- Improved code cache, allow use common directory, view/delete exist caches in preferences
- jadx-gui configuration moved into plain json files in system config directory
- Allow to set custom shortcuts
- Tabs drag and drop reorder support
- Hex-viewer for binary asset files
- Add 'go to main activity' action
Other:
- Java 11+ is required now
- Parse and use Kotlin metadata for renames
- Add support for XApk files
- Allow to move class to another package
- Support jsr/ret opcodes (java-input)
A lot of bug fixes ... and regressions 🤣

Full Changelog: v1.4.7...v1.5.0

Download files:

jadx-gui-1.5.0-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.5.0-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.5.0.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, Java 11+ is required, download at oracle.com

1.4.7

2023-04-20T15:45:18Z

Features

[core] Inline lambdas by instance field (#1800)
[plugins] Allow to load classes using input stream or byte array in jadx-input plugin (#1457)

Bug Fixes

[core] Restore missing type parameter declarations (#1800)
[core] Filter invalid chars in app name for gradle export (PR #1813)
[core] Correct args shift for instance invoke-custom (#1816)
[core] Additional checks to forbid inline of null consts (#1828)
[core] Use strict patterns for synthetic methods inline (#1829)
[res] Resolve manifest decoding error Expected strings start (#1797)(PR #1798)
[res] Handle RES_TABLE_TYPE_OVERLAY (#1748) (PR #1804)
[res] Parsing of sparse RES_TABLE_TYPE_TYPE and RES_TABLE_TYPE_STAGED_ALIAS chunks (#1806 #1803)(PR #1807)
[res] Resolve int hex attributes
[res] Resolve custom attributes
[res] Resolve declare-styleable atrributes
[res] Set empty parent for styles without a parent, remove duplicated code
[xml] Use parent attribute only for styles (PR #1815)
[gui] Search constant fields usage in all classes (#1801)
[gui] Redirect jump from search for inlined classes
[gui] Show skipped resources count during search (#1808)
[gui] Update Messages_zh_CN.properties (PR #1811)
[debugger] Process UI updates in correct thread (#1796)
[cli] Make enum CLI arguments match documented format (PR #1787)

Full Changelog: v1.4.6...v1.4.7

Download files:

jadx-gui-1.4.7-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.7-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.7.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

1.4.6

2023-02-20T11:33:37Z

Features

[core] Support polymorphic invoke (#384)(#1777)
[gui] Add alternative file open dialog (#1709)
[gui] Add native libs info to summary (#1717)
[gui] Add Russian Translation (PR #1744)
[gui] Added keyboard shortcut ctrl+w to close tab (#1765)(PR #1766)

Bug Fixes

[core] Check full signature for search method override (#1743)
[core] Escape special characters in AAB resources (PR #1747)
[core] Allow altMetafactory method in lambda call site (#1760)
[core] Resolve JavaNode caching issues (#1775)
[core] Output unknown invoke-custom as polymorphic call (#1760)
[core] Process manifest before other resources (#1740)
[gui] Disable shell folders in file open dialog (#1709)
[gui] Correct html disabling in search results
[gui] Try to handle exception in RSTA.getPreferredSize() (#1712)
[gui] Show all code sources in summary (remove dex filter) (#1716)
[gui] Change callMethodName of constructors in Frida action (#1714)(PR #1715)
[gui] Add template for constructor and void methods to Frida snippet (#1714)
[gui] Hi-dpi main window initial size (#1728)(PR #1729)
[gui] Correct html render in comments search results
[gui] Resolve exception in smali method writer (#1739)(PR #1745)
[gui] Improve smali disasm method param write (#1739)
[gui] Make bytecode output closer to smali (#1739)
[gui] Quick fix for duplicate/overlapping logcat windows (#1752)(PR #1761)
[gui] Allow html in JVariable to render renaming of variables correctly (#1769)(PR #1770)
[gui] Print the renamed function name in a frida snippet log (#1772)(PR #1773)
[gui] Split tabs loading to prevent ui dead lock

New Contributors

@daMatz made their first contribution in #1715
@SnowVolf made their first contribution in #1744
@zach-snell made their first contribution in #1761
@Ran-Naor made their first contribution in #1766

Full Changelog: v1.4.5...v1.4.6

Download files:

jadx-gui-1.4.6-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.6-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.6.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

1.4.5

2022-10-20T15:53:16Z

Features

[gui] Option for search results count per page (#1652)
[debugger] Add logcat output (#1411)(PR #1666)

Bug Fixes

Don't rename bridged overridden methods (#1672)
Don't mark constructor for inline if anonymous class inline is disabled (#1680)
Handle possible concurrent exception in method codegen (#1685)
Correct fix for all use places of incompatible primitives (#1688)
Improve logging messages for zip security errors (#750)(PR #1698)
Improve ternary inline, resolve more enum cases (#1686)
Restore enum class with custom code in static init (#1699)
Handle empty block at end of else-if chain (#1674)
[res] Implemented parsing RES_TABLE_TYPE_LIBRARY chunks (#1663)(PR #1664)
[debugger] Migrate to fixed jdwp library fork (#1471)
[gui] Multi-threading issue in DebugController fixed (#1701) (PR #1702)
[gui] Disable HTML rendering in labels if not needed
[gui] Update Korean translation (PR #1650)
[gui] Update pt-BR translation (PR #1655)
[gui] Update zh-TW translation (PR #1694)
[gui] Update zh_CN translation (PR #1700)

Full Changelog: v1.4.4...v1.4.5

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.5-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.5-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.5.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

1.4.4

2022-08-20T16:24:51Z

Features

[gui] Add manual search, stop and sort actions to search dialog (#1600)
[gui] Save project search history
[gui] Show start page on jadx open
[gui] Add Brazilian Portuguese translation (PR #1596)
Select better resource name (#1581)
Add option to disable finally block extraction (#1592)

Bug Fixes

Resolve inherited method to use correct alias (#1582)
Check variables before merge in finally block (#1592)
Checks for field init reorder (#1599)
Handle empty endless loop (#1611)
Improve top block search for try/catch (#1633)
UnsupportedOperationException on adding a field (#1645)(PR #1646)
Don't inline anonymous in self inner class (#1645)
[gui] Improve search dialog performance
[gui] Improve resources search (#1648)
[gui] Improve log viewer dialog (#1311)(PR #1649)
[gui] Add constructors usage into class usage (#1591)
[gui] Sort resources by deobfuscated name (#1595)(PR #1598)
[gui] Correct Frida snippet for constructor (PR #1605)
[gui] Fix broken FileDialog by using legacy sort (#1628)(PR #1630)
[gui] Handle possible classes overlap in disk cache (#1633)
[gui] Disable actions if files not loaded (#1644)
[debugger] Resolve NPE in adb device viewer (#1585) (PR #1586)
[res] XML "null" decoding (#1583)(PR #1594)

Full Changelog: v1.4.3...v1.4.4

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.4-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.4-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.4.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

1.4.3

2022-07-20T15:50:32Z

Bug Fixes

[gui] Check user renames (#1557)
[gui] Allow to use empty name to reset rename
[gui] Ignore/limit waiting of canceled search task (#1568)
[gui] Forbid rename method args in fallback mode (#1558)
[gui] Set current dir directly in file chooser constructor (#1553)
[gui] IndexOutOfBoundsException in JumpManager (#1576) (PR #1577)
[gui] QuarkReport data validation added and other minor improvements (PR #1556)
[gui] Resolve payload offset for switch insns in debug smali code (#1575)
[gui] Ignore errors on code area dispose (#1545)
Check synthetic methods before remove/inline (#1560)
Correct inline/merge with overriden bridge method (#1580)
Add more checks before remove or rename enum methods (#1572)
Handle parent of inlined/moved classes (#1578)
Update deps and fix proto resource loading (AAB) (#1129)
Ignore anonymous classes in enclosing node search (#1580)
Save classes with code generation error into cache (#1568)
Resolve possible decompilation double execution
Better dominators algorithms

Full Changelog: v1.4.2...v1.4.3

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.3-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.3-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.3.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

1.4.2

2022-06-20T14:38:16Z

Yet another mostly bug fix release to resolve regressions from 1.4.1

Features

[gui] Support export to various deobfuscation mapping file formats (#1491)(PR #1505)
[gui] Add reload and live reload actions (#1537)
[gui] Allow to disable jump on double click (#1540)

Bug Fixes

[cli] Allow decoding resource-only APKs (#1517)(PR #1530)
[cli] Remove deprecated --deobf-rewrite-cfg (#1513)
[gui] Try to prevent jadx node leaks in UI objects
[gui] Improve restoration of windows saved state (PR #1511)
[gui] Add volatile and update sync for decompiler field in wrapper (#1518)
[gui] Resolve popup menu action run (#1514, #1529)
[gui] Correct set highlighted text in search (#1507)
[gui] Allow to select file on mapping export
[gui] Reset disk cache on new jadx version
[gui] Force jadx new version check by default
Improve blocks tree compare for finally extract (#1501)
Support all-catch in multi-catch (#1510)
Improve class search for super call (#1512)
Keep types on duplicate cast remove (#1527)
Check class name collisions (#1526)
Use wide move for long/double store/load java opcodes

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.4.2

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.2-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.2-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.2.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

Artifacts on maven central repository: list. How to use jadx as a library, read on wiki page.

1.4.1

2022-05-31T14:47:10Z

Bug fix release to resolve regressions from 1.4.0

Bug Fixes

[gui] Correct handle of selected file in save dialog
[gui] Improve usage search, refactor java nodes creation (#1489)
[gui] Resolve cast exception for variable reference (#1489)
[gui] Save variable name to show in tooltip (#1487)
[gui] Save full type info in metadata (#1487)
[gui] Correct merge for plugin options from command line (#1490)
[gui] Complete Chinese Translation (PR #1492)
[gui] Correct close and reopen for decompiler and cache
[res] Ignore version in AndroidManifest.xml (#1502)(PR #1504)
Save cache dir for reuse on project save/reopen
Remap class names for store in disk cache (#1503)
Check if directory exists before delete (#1493)
Use variable length encoding instead short for offsets (can overflow) (#1489)
Skip dex files with parsing errors (#1495)

Features

[gui] Add parameters logging in Frida code snippet (#1497)(PR #1498)

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.4.1

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.1-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.1-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.1.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

Artifacts on maven central repository: list. How to use jadx as a library, read on wiki page.

1.4.0

2022-05-21T17:06:05Z

Features

[gui] Disk code cache and search rewrite (PR #1483)
Allow to load custom input (#1457)
Allow to include/exclude dependencies when saving with class filter (#1466)(PR #1467)

Bug Fixes

[cli] Don't ignore critical errors (#1150)
[gui] Resolve NPE on project save (#1463)(PR #1464)
[gui] Confirm directory loading on file open (#1462)
[gui] Fix IndexOutOfBoundsException when switching between tabs via mouse wheel (#1456)(PR #1469)
[gui] Editor theme loading and error/fallback handling improved (#1476)(PR #1478)
[gui] Ask for project file path on exit (#1474)
[gui] Escape class, method and field names in Frida code snippet (PR #1480)
[gui] Add missing Use debug info option
[gui] Use alias for types in tooltips (#1487)
Better code styling for if-else blocks (#1455)
Workaround to prevent incorrect order after move inline (#1472)
Use alias for variable names (#1487)

Breaking changes in Jadx API

ICodeInfo: lines and code annotations moved to new interface ICodeMetadata with helpful search methods
Changes for all code annotations methods to use ICodeAnnotation instead plain Object.

Full Changelog: v1.3.5...v1.4.0

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.4.0-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.4.0-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.4.0.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

Artifacts on maven central repository: list. How to use jadx as a library, read on wiki page.

1.3.5

2022-04-20T12:07:46Z

Features

Add 'simple' decompilation mode
[gui] Add split view for different decompilation modes

Bug Fixes

Handle inlined classes while collecting override related methods (#1422)
Use correct reference for replaced bridge constructor (#1441)
Handle wildcard in invoke type resolver (#1238)
Update class set to Android 32
Replace fixed memory limit with -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0 (#1437)
Various minor improvements (PR #1418)
[cli] Use correct converter for "--decompilation-mode" option (#1434)(PR #1435)
[debugger] Resolve IO read problems, proper socket closing (PR #1414)
[deobf] Fix writing method mappings as fields entries (#1432)(PR #1433)
[gui] Rename class while rename constructor (#1441)
[gui] Restore open tabs on project load (regression fix)
[gui] Don't highlight whitespaces and special symbols (#1429)
[gui] Check free memory after GC attempt
[gui] Update Traditional Chinese translation (PR #1452)
[res] Ignore resource chunk entries that are located after the resource chunk end (#751)(PR #1436)

Full Changelog: v1.3.4...v1.3.5

Download files description:

jadx-gui-1.3.5-with-jre-win.zip - jadx-gui with bundled JRE
jadx-gui-1.3.5-no-jre-win.exe - jadx-gui single exe (system JRE must be installed)
jadx-1.3.5.zip - cross-platform cli and gui bundle (system JRE must be installed)

For system JRE the latest version is always preferred, download at oracle.com

Artifacts on maven central repository: list. How to use jadx as a library, read on wiki page.