apkgen-cli

A CLI tool to quickly generate Android APKs from local templates.

Prerequisites

• Termux (from F-Droid, not Play Store)
• TermuxVoid repository configured

Installation

apt install apkgen-cli -y

Quick Start

# Scaffold a new Java project
apkgen create myapp

# Enter the project directory
cd myapp

# Build a debug APK
apkgen build debug

# Output: app/build/outputs/myapp-debug.apk

Commands

create <directory> [--kotlin|--flutter]

Clones the project template into a new directory and prompts for app name and package name. Defaults to Java if no flag is specified.

# Java project (default)
apkgen create myapp

# Kotlin project
apkgen create myapp --kotlin

# Flutter project
apkgen create myapp --flutter

build debug

Compiles a debug APK with debug signing enabled (Android).

apkgen build debug

build release

Compiles an unsigned release APK (Android). Sign manually with apksigner or jarsigner.

apkgen build release

build flutter

Builds a debug APK for Flutter projects with split ABI outputs.

apkgen build flutter

clean

Removes all build artifacts from the project directory.

apkgen clean

help

Prints usage information.

apkgen help

Command Reference

Command	Description
create <dir>	Scaffold Java project (default)
create <dir> --kotlin	Scaffold Kotlin project
create <dir> --flutter	Scaffold Flutter project
build debug	Build debug-signed APK (Android)
build release	Build unsigned release APK (Android)
build flutter	Build debug APK (Flutter, split ABI)
clean	Remove build outputs
help	Show help text

Output

Android (Java/Kotlin)

Built APKs are placed in:

app/build/outputs/
├── myapp-debug.apk
└── myapp-release-unsigned.apk

Flutter

Built APKs (split by ABI) are placed in the Flutter build output directory.

Examples

# Create and build a Java app
apkgen create myapp
cd myapp && apkgen build debug

# Create and build a Kotlin app
apkgen create myapp --kotlin
cd myapp && apkgen build debug

# Create and build a Flutter app
apkgen create myflutter --flutter
cd myflutter && apkgen build flutter

# Clean build artifacts
apkgen clean

Repository

Available via the TermuxVoid repository.

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Made for Termux — TermuxVoid