How to avoid reverse engineering of an APK file?

Question

I am developing a payment processing app for Android, and I want to prevent a hacker from accessing any resources, assets or source code from the APK file.<

Answer 1

 1. How can I completely avoid reverse engineering of an Android APK? Is this possible?

That is impossible

 2. How can I protect all the app's resources, assets and source code so that hackers can't hack the APK file in any way?

Developers can take steps such as using tools like ProGuard to obfuscate their code, but up until now, it has been quite difficult to completely prevent someone from decompiling an app.

It's a really great tool and can increase the difficulty of 'reversing' your code whilst shrinking your code's footprint.

Integrated ProGuard support: ProGuard is now packaged with the SDK Tools. Developers can now obfuscate their code as an integrated part of a release build.

 3. Is there a way to make hacking more tough or even impossible? What more can I do to protect the source code in my APK file?

While researching, I came to know about HoseDex2Jar. This tool will protect your code from decompiling, but it seems not to be possible to protect your code completely.

Some of helpful links, you can refer to them.

• Proguard, Android, and the Licensing Server
• Securing Android LVL Applications
• Stack Overflow question Is it really impossible to protect Android apps from reverse engineering?
• Stack Overflow question How to prevent reverse engineering of an Android APK file to secure code?