XML-Compiler - Githubissues

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Decompile an apk whichs AndroidManifest.xml includes a line like this:
   <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="141304042684635" />
2. Do your changes (in my case instrument it for automated testing)
3. Recompile the apk
4. Decompile the result again and have a look at that value in 
AndroidManifest.xml

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The AndroidManifest.xml should include the original meta data as shown above in 
(1). Instead I see a line like this:
<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" 
android:value="-381353765" />

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
apktool 2.0.0RC4, Win7Pro and Win8Pro

Please provide any additional information below.
Workaround: Change the value mentioned under (1) to a string of the same length 
(e.g. "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx") and compile it. After that you will find that string 
in the resulting apks compiled AndroidManifest.xml. Just replace it (in the 
apks binary) with the original string and go ahead with the apk (sign, align) 
and it'll work fine.
I guess the value of the original line (1) is interpreted as a number what 
seems giving an overflow which leads to a wrong result in the binary. Instead 
the XML compiler should interpret the original value (1) as string (what it is 
intended to be).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by TheHar...@googlemail.com on 13 Mar 2015 at 6:03

Merged into: #657

desword / android-apktool

XML-Compiler #780