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Spent the last 4 hours decompiling an APK to apply a quick smali patch.
Everything looked flawless. Clean code, perfect syntax.
I run the automated patch script...
HTTP 404.
No stack trace. No error log details. Just a casual 404 in the middle of a local build terminal phase.
How does a local asset compiler find a way to return a web server error? I’m about to decompile my own sanity. ++ if you've ever been personally victimized by automated build tools.
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#android
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