Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OAT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert OAT to another file type
To convert OAT Files to another format, you need Android Runtime (ART) or other System software.
Convert a file to OAT
To convert other file formats to the "Android Executable File" file type, you need software like Android Runtime (ART) or a similar tool.
About OAT files
The .OAT file is primarily an Android Compiled Application file used by the Android Runtime (ART). It is essentially an ELF binary containing native code compiled Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) from standard DEX files to improve application launch times and performance on Android devices. Alternatively, an .OAT file can be a Schematic ASCII database used by Cadence OrCAD Capture CIS. The current format is heavily restricted and strictly tied to its original environment. Android .OAT files are device-specific system files that regular users cannot directly open, and they are not supported by web browsers or standard text editors. They take up significant storage space and offer no utility outside the Android operating system. OrCAD .OAT files are equally limited, requiring expensive, specialized software to read accurately. Converting an .OAT file depends heavily on its origin. For Android files, developers use tools like oatdump to inspect them or extract the underlying DEX data, but you cannot convert them into standard documents or images. For OrCAD files, conversion to CSV or PDF requires the original Cadence software. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is either heavily system-dependent or a proprietary database. Often, only the original software or operating system environment can properly read or export the data. However, you can drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your OAT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert OAT file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Android Runtime (ART) or similar software from the "Android Application Optimization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to OAT, try Android Runtime (ART) or another comparable tool in the "Android Application Optimization" category.
The OAT Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our OAT converter.