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1page.title=JOBB
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5<p>The {@code jobb} tool allows you to build encrypted and unencrypted APK expansion files in
6  Opaque Binary Blob (OBB) format. You can download and mount these expansion files in your
7  application using {@link android.os.storage.StorageManager} on devices with Android 2.3 (API
8  Level 9) or higher. OBB files are used to provide additional file assets for Android applications
9  (such as graphics, sounds and video), separate from an application's APK file. For more
10  information on using expansion files, see
11  <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/expansion-files.html">APK Expansion Files</a>.</p>
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13
14<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>
15
16<p>The syntax for running {@code jobb} is as follows:</p>
17
18<pre>
19jobb [-d &lt;directory&gt;][-o &lt;filename&gt;][-pn &lt;package&gt;][-pv &lt;version&gt;] \
20     [-k &lt;key&gt;][-ov][-dump &lt;filename&gt;][-v][-about]
21</pre>
22
23<p>You can use the {@code jobb} tool to create an OBB file or extract the contents of an
24existing OBB. The following example command creates an OBB file from source files.</p>
25
26<pre>
27$ jobb -d /temp/assets/ -o my-app-assets.obb -k secret-key -pn com.my.app.package -pv 11
28</pre>
29
30<p>This example shows how to dump (extract) the contents of an existing OBB file:</p>
31
32<pre>
33$ jobb -d /temp/obb-output/ -o my-app-assets.obb -k secret-key
34</pre>
35
36
37<h2 id="options">Options</h2>
38
39<p>The table below lists the command line options for the {@code jobb} tool.</p>
40
41<table>
42  <tr>
43    <th>Option</th>
44    <th>Description</th>
45  </tr>
46  <tr>
47    <td>{@code -d &lt;directory&gt;}</td>
48    <td>Set the input directory for creating an OBB file, or the output directory when extracting
49      ({@code -dump}) an existing file. When creating an OBB file, the contents of the specified
50      directory and all its sub-directories are included in the OBB file system.
51    </td>
52  </tr>
53  <tr>
54    <td>{@code -o &lt;filename&gt;}</td>
55    <td>Specify the filename for the OBB file. This parameter is required when
56    creating an OBB and extracting (dumping) its contents.</td>
57  </tr>
58  <tr>
59    <td>{@code -pn &lt;package&gt;}</td>
60    <td>Specify the package name for the application that mounts the OBB file, which corresponds
61    to the {@code package} value specified in your application's manifest. This parameter is
62    required when creating an OBB file.</td>
63  </tr>
64  <tr>
65    <td>{@code -pv &lt;version&gt;}</td>
66    <td>Set the minimum version for the application that can mount the OBB file, which corresponds
67    to the {@code android:versionCode} value in your application's manifest. This parameter is
68    required when creating an OBB file.</td>
69  </tr>
70  <tr>
71    <td>{@code -k &lt;key&gt;}</td>
72    <td>Specify a password for encrypting a new OBB file or decrypting an existing, encypted
73      OBB file.</td>
74  </tr>
75  <tr>
76    <td>{@code -ov}</td>
77    <td>Create OBB file that is an overlay of an existing OBB file structure. This option allows
78      the new package contents to be mounted into the same location as a previous package and is
79      intended for creating patch versions of previously generated OBB files. Files within an
80      overlay OBB file replace files that have the same path.</td>
81  </tr>
82  <tr>
83    <td style="white-space: nowrap">{@code -dump &lt;filename&gt;}</td>
84    <td><p>Extract the contents of the specified OBB file. When using this option, you must also
85      specify the output directory for the contents using the {@code -d &lt;directory&gt;}
86      parameter.</p>
87
88      <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> When dumping an existing OBB file, you can omit the
89      {@code -d &lt;directory&gt;} parameter to get a listing of the directories inside the file,
90      without extracting the contents.</p>
91    </td>
92  </tr>
93  <tr>
94    <td>{@code -v}</td>
95    <td>Set verbose output for the tool.</td>
96  </tr>
97  <tr>
98    <td>{@code -about}</td>
99    <td>Display version and help information for the {@code jobb} tool.</td>
100  </tr>
101
102</table>
103