How to patch TweetDeck to use your bit.ly pro ID

[Guest Paul]

This is not for the faint hearted! :)

Here's how to patch the TweetDeck APK tp use your bit.ly pro ID for custom URLs (i.e. for me, it gives me mdc.gd URLs instead of bit.ly).

• Pull the TweetDeck APK from your device (it's at /data/app/com.thedeck.android.app.apk)
  
• Unzip the classes.dex file from the archive
  
• Baksmali the classes.dex file
  
• Open the com/tweetdeck/net/BitlyRestClient.smali file
  
• Change the line under 'const-string v0, "login"' to your bit.ly pro login name
  
• Change the line under 'const-string v0, "apiKey"' to your bit.ly pro API key
  
• Smali the code directory to get your new classes.dex
  
• Zip your new classes.dex file into the TweetDeck APK
  
• Re-sign the TweetDeck APK with your own signature
  
• Uninstall TweetDeck from your device and install your new version

That's it! Remember, due to signature mismatch new updates won't apply on your device (you'll need to download them and re-patch them) but that aside, you're set! :D

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