Doesn't work on LinkedIn app

[indywidualny]

I'm trying to patch LinkedIn app and encountered an issue.

npm install -g apk-mitm

➜  Downloads npx apk-mitm LinkedIn_\ Jobs\ \&\ Business\ News_4.1.764_Apkpure.apk

  ╭ apk-mitm v1.2.1
  ├ apktool v2.6.1
  ╰ uber-apk-signer v1.2.1

  Using temporary directory:
  /private/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/apk-mitm-a17b900d9cf54edf9fd535ecbf80d2d6

  ✔ Checking prerequisities
  ✔ Decoding APK file
  ✔ Applying patches
  ❯ Encoding patched APK file
    ↓ Encoding using AAPT2 [skipped]
      → Failed, falling back to AAPT...
    ✖ Encoding using AAPT [fallback]
      → I: Building resources...
    Signing patched APK file

   Failed!  An error occurred:

I: Using Apktool 2.6.1
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
W: <tmp_dir>/decode/AndroidManifest.xml:87: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'localeConfig' in package 'android'
W:
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/brut_util_Jar_141172523015651568643086682109045216135.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 26, --target-sdk-version, 33, --version-code, 167200, --version-name, 4.1.764, --no-version-vectors, -F, /var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/APKTOOL211370468071187218.tmp, -e, /var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/APKTOOL17849924494531682442.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, <tmp_dir>/framework/1.apk, -S, <tmp_dir>/decode/res, -M, <tmp_dir>/decode/AndroidManifest.xml]

  The full logs of all commands are available here:
  /private/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/apk-mitm-a17b900d9cf54edf9fd535ecbf80d2d6/logs

➜  Downloads npx apk-mitm LinkedIn_\ Jobs\ \&\ Business\ News_4.1.764_Apkpure.xapk

  ╭ apk-mitm v1.2.1
  ├ apktool v2.6.1
  ╰ uber-apk-signer v1.2.1

  Using temporary directory:
  /private/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/apk-mitm-7c43086a8922a3029a1446bf3e082945

  ✔ Extracting APKs
  ✔ Finding base APK path
  ❯ Patching base APK
    ✔ Checking prerequisities
    ✔ Decoding APK file
    ✔ Applying patches
    ❯ Encoding patched APK file
      ↓ Encoding using AAPT2 [skipped]
        → Failed, falling back to AAPT...
      ✖ Encoding using AAPT [fallback]
        → I: Building resources...
      Signing patched APK file
    Signing APKs
    Compressing APKs

   Failed!  An error occurred:

I: Using Apktool 2.6.1
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
W: <tmp_dir>/base-apk/decode/AndroidManifest.xml:87: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'localeConfig' in package 'android'
W:
brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec (exit code = 1): [/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/brut_util_Jar_54822506423848086663807629124202965140.tmp, p, --forced-package-id, 127, --min-sdk-version, 26, --target-sdk-version, 33, --version-code, 167200, --version-name, 4.1.764, --no-version-vectors, -F, /var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/APKTOOL12458581100555168823.tmp, -e, /var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/APKTOOL17042718865628417116.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, <tmp_dir>/framework/1.apk, -S, <tmp_dir>/base-apk/decode/res, -M, <tmp_dir>/base-apk/decode/AndroidManifest.xml]

  The full logs of all commands are available here:
  /private/var/folders/xz/2x3z79z17js5hhrn6w5fmgfc0000gn/T/apk-mitm-7c43086a8922a3029a1446bf3e082945/logs

App was downloaded from: https://apkpure.com/pl/linkedin-jobs-business-news/com.linkedin.android/versions

Any ideas?

[ilyesgasmi]

Try using the --wait flag, going into your temp folder, opening android manifest and removing "android:localeConfig" and its attribute

[rahmanonik18]

@ilyesgasmi how to do that? can you explain please