Android Binary XML support

The upcoming version 0.9.4 of the Profiler adds support for Android’s binary XML format (such as that used by AndroidManifest.xml).

Android Binary XML

Let’s take the sample output of the aapt tool in the Android SDK:

N: android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android
  E: manifest (line=22)
    A: package="com.example.android.notepad" (Raw: "com.example.android.notepad")
    E: uses-sdk (line=25)
      A: android:minSdkVersion(0x0101020c)=(type 0x10)0xb
    E: application (line=27)
      A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f040000
      A: android:icon(0x01010002)=@0x7f020000
      E: provider (line=30)
        A: android:name(0x01010003)="NotePadProvider" (Raw: "NotePadProvider")
        A: android:exported(0x01010010)=(type 0x12)0x0
        A: android:authorities(0x01010018)="com.google.provider.NotePad" (Raw: "com.google.provider.NotePad")
        E: grant-uri-permission (line=33)
          A: android:pathPattern(0x0101002c)=".*" (Raw: ".*")
      E: activity (line=36)
        A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f040005
        A: android:name(0x01010003)="NotesList" (Raw: "NotesList")
        E: intent-filter (line=37)
          E: action (line=38)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.MAIN" (Raw: "android.intent.action.MAIN")
          E: category (line=39)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" (Raw: "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER")
        E: intent-filter (line=41)
          E: action (line=42)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.VIEW" (Raw: "android.intent.action.VIEW")
          E: action (line=43)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.EDIT" (Raw: "android.intent.action.EDIT")
          E: action (line=44)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.PICK" (Raw: "android.intent.action.PICK")
          E: category (line=45)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")
          E: data (line=46)
            A: android:mimeType(0x01010026)="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" (Raw: "vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note")
        E: intent-filter (line=48)
          E: action (line=49)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT" (Raw: "android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT")
          E: category (line=50)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")
          E: data (line=51)
            A: android:mimeType(0x01010026)="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" (Raw: "vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note")
      E: activity (line=55)
        A: android:theme(0x01010000)=@0x103006e
        A: android:name(0x01010003)="NoteEditor" (Raw: "NoteEditor")
        A: android:screenOrientation(0x0101001e)=(type 0x10)0x4
        A: android:configChanges(0x0101001f)=(type 0x11)0xa0
        E: intent-filter (line=62)
          A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f04000f
          E: action (line=63)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.VIEW" (Raw: "android.intent.action.VIEW")
          E: action (line=64)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.EDIT" (Raw: "android.intent.action.EDIT")
          E: action (line=65)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_NOTE" (Raw: "com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_NOTE")
          E: category (line=66)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")
          E: data (line=67)
            A: android:mimeType(0x01010026)="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" (Raw: "vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note")
        E: intent-filter (line=74)
          E: action (line=75)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.INSERT" (Raw: "android.intent.action.INSERT")
          E: action (line=76)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.PASTE" (Raw: "android.intent.action.PASTE")
          E: category (line=77)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")
          E: data (line=78)
            A: android:mimeType(0x01010026)="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" (Raw: "vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note")
      E: activity (line=83)
        A: android:theme(0x01010000)=@0x103006f
        A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f040002
        A: android:icon(0x01010002)=@0x7f020003
        A: android:name(0x01010003)="TitleEditor" (Raw: "TitleEditor")
        A: android:windowSoftInputMode(0x0101022b)=(type 0x11)0x4
        E: intent-filter (line=92)
          A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f040010
          E: action (line=96)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE" (Raw: "com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE")
          E: category (line=98)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")
          E: category (line=101)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE" (Raw: "android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE")
          E: category (line=104)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE" (Raw: "android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE")
          E: data (line=106)
            A: android:mimeType(0x01010026)="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" (Raw: "vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note")
      E: activity (line=110)
        A: android:label(0x01010001)=@0x7f040001
        A: android:icon(0x01010002)=@0x7f020006
        A: android:name(0x01010003)="NotesLiveFolder" (Raw: "NotesLiveFolder")
        E: intent-filter (line=112)
          E: action (line=113)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.action.CREATE_LIVE_FOLDER" (Raw: "android.intent.action.CREATE_LIVE_FOLDER")
          E: category (line=114)
            A: android:name(0x01010003)="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" (Raw: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT")

And now the output of the Profiler:


  
  
    
      
    
    
      
        
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
        
      
    
    
      
        
        
      
    
  

Of course UI XMLs can be opened as well:

The converter can be used from Python as well as a filter called ‘android/from_axml‘.

The new version will be out in a few days. Stay tuned!

XML Indenter

With the release of the 0.7.7 we’ve bundled a new Python action particularly useful when dealing with unformatted XML.

The following is an excerpt of an embedded XML file taken from a malicious PDF document.

XML Indenter

Focusing on security, this beautifier does not try to validate the content of the document, having also the advantage of being faster than other tree-based indenters.
As a side note, this plugin is compatible with any SMGL-based such as HTML and XHTML.