Google Android compiled executable
File type: Program executable file
Files with dex extension is related to Google Android operating system and used for its compiled executable files.
Found 4 different file type records with the same dex filename suffix.
File type category:
Program executable file
Date updated: December 25, 2024
File extension dex is related to the Dalvik Virtual Machine system.
Dalvik is a core part of Google Android operating system and used to run applications written for Android.
A .dex file contains compiled JAVA source code to Dalvik Executable format.
Compiled dex file included as part of apk archives with other resources, such as settings, graphics, sounds etc. which are needed by Dalvik to run the application.
DEX file is in binary file format, which is not readable. There are utilities such as Dedexer that can disassemble the DEX files, but these ways how to read source code from DEX files are only for skilled programmers.
DEX file can not be converted to any other file format, DEX file can be only disassemble in to assembly-like format.
Dedexer (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android (Google Android)
Eclipse with ADT Plugin (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliJ IDEA (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android SDK Tools for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IntelliJ IDEA for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Eclipse with ADT Plugin for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IntelliJ IDEA for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Eclipse with ADT Plugin for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Android Studio (Multiplatform)
Dex2Jar (Microsoft Windows)
Dex2Jar (Microsoft Windows)
EaseUS MobiSaver for Android (Microsoft Windows)
Eclipse with ADT Plugin (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliJ IDEA (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android SDK Tools for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
IntelliJ IDEA for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Google Android SDK for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Google Android SDK Tools for Linux (Linux/Unix)
IntelliJ IDEA for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Android Studio (Multiplatform)
Google Android (Google Android)
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: March 29, 2018
The dex file extension is also used DEXIS program, a is special dentist X-ray system used in dentist laboratories.
The dex file used by DEXIS contains digitally captured dental radiographs.
Most likely these files can only be opened in DEXIS or similar dental software.
Possibly can be exported as plain images.
DEXIS (Microsoft Windows)
DEXIS (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android SDK for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
DEXIS (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android SDK for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: December 22, 2016
The dex file extension is related to the Disketch, a label design program for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by NCH Software.
The dex file stores labeling project created with this tool.
Use Disketch to work with *.dex files.
Disketch (Microsoft Windows)
Disketch (Microsoft Windows)
Disketch (Microsoft Windows)
Disketch (Microsoft Windows)
Disketch (Microsoft Windows)
File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file
Date updated: September 4, 2018
The dex file extension was in the past also associated with Microsoft Excel, one of the most popular and powerful tool you can use to create format spreadsheets, graphs and much more.
The Excel' .dex files were used in some earlier version of the program for spreadsheets documents.
The default file extensions, that are used by Microsoft Excel, are XLS or since Microsoft Office 2007 the XLSX.
You can try to open *.dex files in Microsoft Excel.
Probably can be converted like any other spreadsheet, provided you find a program that can still open this file type.
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Windows)
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