Once you use the dex2jar tool, see above note, you can go ahead and use JD-GUI JD-GUI is a tool that will help decompile some code that is very similar to the original source code. The sequence would be ./dj2-dex2jar.sh <apkname.apk> -o <output-file.jar> Then Run JD-Gui - SELECT the File Menu and select the <output-file.jar> as seen above This will show a hierarchial view of the contents on the left hand side.