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APK v2 package/index terminology
record/block                     
A 512 byte sequence of bytes, a block
h                         
header record/block
d                         
data record/block
e1, e2                     
EOF markers (two blocks 1024 bytes)
tar archive               
A tar archive file, consiting of a set of files, a sequence of blocks ending with the eof marker blocks.
tar segment               
A set of tar records, a sequence of tar records withouth a ending eof marker.
gzip stream               
A stream is a sequence gzip compressed data, starting with a magic number, headers, body and an ending 8-byte trailer.
[ ... ]                   
A gzip stream containing blocks
concatenate               
To link togther things in a series or chain. ie. concatenate.
Concatenate 3 gzip streams sequentially in a file.
package signature         
A single file that is a binary signature over the concatenated (control + data) gzip streams
package signature file     
DigestRSA-PKCS1v15(SHA1( apk-gzip-stream-2 ++ apk-gzip-stream-3), DER)
index signature file       
DigestRSA-PKCS1v15(SHA1( index-gzip-stream-2), DER)
h                         
A tar header record block
h1                         
Signature file header, permission 0644, uid 0 and gid 0.
C: checksum               
The SHA1 hash of the "Control data" gzip stream (gzip stream 2)
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Revision as of 17:30, 11 December 2022

APK v2 package layout
Gzip Streams apk-gzip-stream1 apk-gzip-stream2 apk-gzip-stream-3
Tar apk-tar-segment-1 apk-tar-segment-2 apk-tarball
Blocks [h1, d, ...] [h, d, ...] [h, d, h, d, ..., e1, e2 ]
Files Package Signature Control Data Package Data
Index v2 layout
Gzip Streams index-gzip-stream1 index-gzip-stream2
Tar index-tar-segment-1 index-tar-segment-2
Blocks [h1, d, ...] [h, d, ..., d1, d2]
Files Index Signature Description and APKINDEX