How to Extract an APK for an Android

1. Connect the rooted phone or tablet to your computer using the USB cable. Windows detects the device and sets up the temporary drive letter.

2. Click the Windows 'Start' button and type 'cmd' in the text box. Press 'Enter' to open the Windows command line.

3. Type 'cd directory,' where 'directory' is the location of the Android SDK installation. After you move the prompt to the SDK directory, type 'sdk shell' to open the SDK shell command line.

4. Type 'su' and press 'Enter.' Type 'cd data/app,' where 'app' is the name of the APK app you want to extract.

5. Type 'ls' and press 'Enter' to see a list of APK files. After you find the name of the APK file, type the following command to extract all the APK files:adb pull /data/app/app.apk new.apkReplace 'app.apk' with the name of the APK file listed in step four, and replace 'new.apk' with the name of the APK file you want to save to the computer.