[BUG] Rebuild of Citra MMJ with altered assets does not put altered assets into data folder

[Deonn Francis Almirol]

Information

1. Apktool Version 2.9.3 -
2. Operating System Windows -
3. APK From? Github -
4. Java Version 1.8.0_401 -

Stacktrace/Logcat

>apktool b citrammj
I: Using Apktool 2.9.3
I: Checking whether sources has changed...
I: Checking whether resources has changed...
I: Building resources...
I: Building apk file...
I: Copying unknown files/dir...
I: Built apk into: citrammj\dist\citrammj.apk

Steps to Reproduce

1. apktool b citrammj

Frameworks

If this APK is from an OEM ROM (Samsung, HTC, LG). Please attach framework files
(.apks that live in /system/framework or /system/priv-app)
N/A

APK

https://github.com/weihuoya/citra/releases/tag/20231222 - original

Questions to ask before submission

1. Have you tried apktool d, apktool b without changing anything? yes
2. If you are trying to install a modified apk, did you resign it? yes
3. Are you using the latest apktool version? yes

original apk is around 16MB, added assets brings it up to around 512MB.

im basically trying to add mods through modifying the apk since I have no way of accessing it within the data folder. all i have done to modify the apk is copy over the folders i have from the pc version. when i install the modified version, the save data and configs transfer over, but the actual mods folder remains empty. also, when looking at the permissions of the mods folder when it is installed, it is not writeable.

[Connor Tumbleson]

I'm not following what you are doing. Apktool won't just take random new files you add and copy along to application. You have to tell it about them in apktool.yml, saying that still though. I don't see how this is a bug - it seems like a misunderstanding of the tool.