AndroRAT - Android Remote Administration Tool Setup Tutorial

Prerequisites

• Android Developer Tools [here]
• Java Runtime Environment [here]
• AndroRAT Source [here]
• I recommend you have some previous experience with PC RATs before getting into this. 
• keep your phone plugged into your PC via USB & make sure you're phone has USB debugging enabled

Getting Started

• extract and run eclipse, which is inside the Android SDK:

Code:

\eclipse\eclipse.exe

• choose "use this default workspace and don't ask again" when eclipse runs

• should look like this:
  
  Preparing the SDK
  The SDK comes with the basic tools & libraries, but we need to download more packs to compile AndroRAT.
  • In eclipse, click: window -> android SDK manager
  • this should open:
    

• note: The Android app says it needs API level 2.2; this does not mean it's only for 2.2! This is the minimum requirement. It will run in GingerBread 2.2 & up! (2.3, HC, ICS, JB)

• select these:
  
• click install packages
• accept anything that pops up
• wait for the download to finish
• close & re-open eclipse

Compiling the APK
• go to file -> new -> project
• select this:
  
• click browse & select this:
  
• click OK, this should appear:
  
• make sure the project is checked
• click finish; it should load the project into eclipse
• note: you can compile this app right now, but it will ask you on startup (on the phone, when launched) for the IP address of your NO-IP host (since you will use that I assume). We will change this source later on to make it automatically configure itself on startup & go to background

If you'd like to, you can compile the APK right now.
• click the drop-down button to compile the APK (when asked what you would compile it as, select "Android Application")
  
• note: the APK will be built to the bin folder inside the project's folder: (the one we downloaded)
Code:
androrat-master\src\Androrat\bin

Compiling the Server
• go to: file -> import
• select this:
  

• click browse when the new window shows up. select this:
  

• make sure the project is checked, click finish
• our project will have an error-like icon:
• 
  • right click on the project folder (the icon with the "!" sign) & click properties
  • click "Java Build Path" & click the "Libraries" tab:
    

• the libraries with the "x" icons aren't recognized by eclipse, so delete them. select them all & click "Remove"
• the project still needs those libraries. on the same window, click this:
  

• navigate to:
  Code:

  androrat-master\src\api

• select all and of the files & click open
• click OK

Now we're going to run the applet once, so we can compile it in a second:

• click on "Androrat Server" in the package explorer window
• click the drop-down arrow next to the green "play" button -> run as -> Java application -> "Server - server" -> OK
• AndroRAT Project (our client window) should run. if so, great!
• close AndroRAT Project

Now we're going to compile our RAT client into a .JAR: (so we can run it whenever)

• click: file -> export; select:
  

• set the options in the next screen as shown:
  

• click finish
• note: you will get a few warnings; click OK on each

Modifying the APK to auto-configure our server on startup

• open LauncherActivity.java
  

• delete all of it's content & replace with this:

Spoiler (Click to View)

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• edit the obvious parts:
  

• you can put your NO-IP address here, if you'd like (alternatively, you can use your IP)
• compile & you're done

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