Smali "has already been interned"

[besendorf]

I tried to patch an app but encoding failed. I installed apk-mitm from the AUR.

$ apk-mitm --certificate ~/.mitmproxy/mitmproxy-ca-cert.pem de.fefe.blog.apk

  ╭ apk-mitm v1.2.0
  ├ apktool v2.6.0
  ╰ uber-apk-signer v1.2.1
  
  Using temporary directory:
  /tmp/apk-mitm-635a1343edb8d4e807a66e81617ad5d1

  ✔ 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: Smaling smali_assets folder into assets.dex...
    Signing patched APK file

   Failed!  An error occurred:

I: Using Apktool 2.6.0
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_assets folder into assets.dex...
decode/smali_assets/org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali[22,73] Class Lorg/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub; has already been interned
Could not smali file: org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali

  The full logs of all commands are available here:
  /tmp/apk-mitm-635a1343edb8d4e807a66e81617ad5d1/logs

decoding.log

I: Using Apktool 2.6.0 on de.fefe.blog.apk
I: Loading resource table...
I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
I: Loading resource table from file: /tmp/apk-mitm-635a1343edb8d4e807a66e81617ad5d1/framework/1.apk
I: Renamed manifest package found! Replacing de.fefe.blog with org.greatfire.freebrowser
I: Decoding file-resources...
I: Decoding values */* XMLs...
I: Baksmaling classes.dex...
I: Baksmaling assets.dex...
I: Baksmaling classes2.dex...
I: Baksmaling assets/webapk7.dex...
I: Copying assets and libs...
I: Copying unknown files...
I: Copying original files...

encoding-aapt2.failed.log

I: Using Apktool 2.6.0
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali folder into classes.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_classes2 folder into classes2.dex...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_assets folder into assets.dex...
decode/smali_assets/org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali[22,73] Class Lorg/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub; has already been interned
Could not smali file: org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali

encoding-aapt.failed.log

I: Using Apktool 2.6.0
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Smaling smali_assets folder into assets.dex...
decode/smali_assets/org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali[22,73] Class Lorg/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub; has already been interned
Could not smali file: org/chromium/webapk/lib/runtime_library/IWebApkApi$Stub.smali

apk file:

https://www.file-upload.net/download-14878350/de.fefe.blog.apk.html

[besendorf]

Issue over at apktool: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Apktool/issues/2784