twitt2patcher

Patcher for old (v2.0.0) Twitter for Android app

What is this?

twitt2patcher is a simple "web app" that spits out a modified Twitter v2.0.0 APK with different API URL's, so you can use it with projects like butterflybridge or TwiterAPIBridge. I might provide a publically available instance later, but right now if you want to give it a spin you should probably just selfhost this.

Don't look at the code if you don't like looking at shit though.

Stuff you'll need for selfhosting

• Node.js version 18 or later
• Java JRE 1.8.0 (aka. Java 8) or it's binaries. Note that it has to be this specific version, otherwise stuff will break (believe me, I tried)!
• A copy of ApkRenamer. It's distribution also includes Apktool and SignApk, that are used by this project.
• A copy of Twitter v2.0.0 APK. You can find it on ApkMirror for example.

Selfhosting

• Clone the repository.
• Run npm i in it.
• Edit config.json.
• Decompile Twitter v2.0.0 APK using Apktool. You can find it in bin folder of ApkRenamer.
• Put the decompiled Twitter APK's contents in unpackedTwitterAPK
• If running on Linux, make sure that zipalign binary in ApkRenamer's bin folder is executable. (Just run chmod +x zipalign in it)
• Start with node .
• Enjoy!