bundletool-dump
Inspect Android App Bundle contents
TLDR
Dump the AndroidManifest.xml from an app bundle
$ bundletool dump manifest --bundle=[app.aab]
Get a specific manifest value using XPath$ bundletool dump manifest --bundle=[app.aab] --xpath=/manifest/@versionCode
Dump all resources from an app bundle$ bundletool dump resources --bundle=[app.aab]
Dump a specific resource by ID$ bundletool dump resources --bundle=[app.aab] --resource=[0x7f0e013a] --values
Dump bundle configuration$ bundletool dump config --bundle=[app.aab]
Dump signature information$ bundletool dump signatures --bundle=[app.aab]
SYNOPSIS
bundletool dump subcommand --bundle=path [options]
DESCRIPTION
bundletool dump analyzes the internal structure and metadata of Android App Bundles (.aab) and APK files. It's part of Google's bundletool, the underlying tool used by Android Studio and Google Play to build and process App Bundles.
Use cases include build verification, security analysis of signing certificates, resource management inspection, and debugging manifest issues.
PARAMETERS
--bundle path
Path to the Android App Bundle (.aab) file.--xpath expression
XPath expression to extract specific manifest values.--resource id
Specific resource ID to dump.--values
Include resource values in output.
SUBCOMMANDS
manifest
Dump the parsed AndroidManifest.xml content.resources
Dump detailed information about the app's resources.config
Dump bundle configuration (SDK versions, ABIs, screen densities).signatures
Dump digital signature information.
CAVEATS
Requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 11 or higher. Not typically pre-installed on Linux systems.
SEE ALSO
bundletool(1), bundletool-validate(1), apktool(1)