Getting started

In order to get started with ClassyShark, the fastest way is to download the last .jar from the GitHub site (as the time of writing this book, version 6.6 can be downloaded from the following URL: https://github.com/google/android-classyshark/releases). Download the latest version and then run it from the console with the following command:

java –jar route/to/ClassyShark.jar

This will start the application. You will be prompted with a screen like the following one:

It is now time to open a sample APK to see its composition and start using ClassyShark. Click on the icon and a screen to select an APK will be displayed. Select an APK from one of your projects (if you have been using Android Studio, they are generally in the build/output/apk folder). For this purpose, any APK file will be valid.

Note

If you want to automate ClassyShark or you feel more comfortable with the command line, it is also possible to open the APK directly by running the following command:

java –jar ClassyShark...