android-xml-converter

This is just an experimental code to convert between android xml formats (abx and xml). functionality is not guaranteed.

android's default abx2xml and xml2abx

• abx2xml and xml2abx binaries found generally in /system/bin/ of android devices is just a shell script that acts as a wrapper for executing abx.jar. It depends on Java and app_process, making it reliant on Android’s runtime environment. Since it invokes Java code, it cannot run independently in environments where Java isn’t available and also the overhead of launching a Java process adds extra execution time.

Standalone abx2xml and xml2abx

• This abx2xml and xml2abx binary performs the same function—converting between ABX and XML but in a fully standalone manner. Unlike default android binaries ,this binary does not require Java, or abx.jar to function.

Command line usage

• Similar to default abx2xml and xml2abx

• abx2xml [-i] input [output]

• xml2abx [-i] [--collapse-whitespaces] input [output]

Building

Build Steps (C/C++ via Meson)

meson setup builddir --buildtype=release
meson compile -C builddir

Rust Build (Cargo)

The Rust interface wraps the same logic using FFI bindings.

cargo build --release

or

cargo install android-xml-converter

Documentation

It also provides some APIs to convert between ABX and XML.

• C/C++ API documentation: See the C API header or the C++ API header, or generate documentation by running:

doxygen Doxyfile

• Rust API documentation:

cargo doc --open

Sources

BinaryXmlPullParser.java BinaryXmlSerializer.java