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]

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.

--module name

Specify a module in the bundle to dump from.

--output-file path

Write output to a file instead of stdout.

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.

INSTALL

brew install bundletool

nix profile install nixpkgs#bundletool

CAVEATS

Requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 11 or higher. Not typically pre-installed on Linux systems.