apktool d target.apk -o mod_project

If you are using Android Studio to create your own "modded" versions of apps, the standard workflow involves:

While Android Studio is primarily a development tool for building apps from source code , it also offers features for analyzing and reverse-engineering APKs. Modifying APKs with Android Studio

This is the native, supported method for looking inside an APK to see its resources, manifest, and file size structure.

const/4 v0, 0x1 # change to 0x0 to disable