title: Need help changing AndroidManifest.xml in an APK file
body: <p>I'm trying to make a minor change to AndroidManifest.xml using the APK Multi Tool (apktool).  I am able to disassemble and make the change, but when I try to reassemble into a new APK, I get an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Preference'.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe that the line in the styles.xml is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;style name="Preference.SwitchPreference"&gt;
      &lt;item name="android:layout"&gt;@layout/preference&lt;/item&gt;
      &lt;item name="android:widgetLayout"&gt;@layout/preference_widget_switch&lt;/item&gt;
  &lt;/style&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the full error log:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  |Tue 12/10/2013 -- 23:18:05.27| 
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  java version "1.7.0_13"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_13-b20)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
  I: Baksmaling...
  I: Loading resource table...
  I: Loaded.
  I: Decoding AndroidManifest.xml with resources...
  I: Loading resource table from file: C:\Users\Sean\apktool\framework\1.apk
  I: Loaded.
  I: Renamed manifest package found! Fixing...
  I: Decoding file-resources...
  I: Decoding values */* XMLs...
  I: Done.
  I: Copying assets and libs...
  I: Checking whether sources has changed...
  I: Smaling...
  I: Checking whether resources has changed...
  I: Building resources...
  C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\res\values\styles.xml:105: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Preference'.
  Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 13, --target-sdk-version, 17, -F, C:\Users\Sean\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1118131662295957481.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Sean\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\res, -M, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]
      at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:358)
      at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:283)
      at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:206)
      at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:176)
      at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:228)
      at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:79)
  Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 13, --target-sdk-version, 17, -F, C:\Users\Sean\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1118131662295957481.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Sean\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\res, -M, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]
      at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:357)
      at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:336)
      ... 5 more
  Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 13, --target-sdk-version, 17, -F, C:\Users\Sean\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1118131662295957481.tmp, -0, arsc, -I, C:\Users\Sean\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\res, -M, C:\Users\Sean\Downloads\APK-Multi-Tool\other\..\projects\Test.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]
      at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:89)
      at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:355)
      ... 6 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any idea on how to resolve this?  Can I somehow build the APK without decompiling and compiling the code, since I'm not making a code change?  Thanks.</p>