diff --git a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/pom.xml b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/pom.xml
index 1bf7cca0c43..10f406d4cf3 100644
--- a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/pom.xml
@@ -181,15 +181,14 @@
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.dongliu</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apk-parser</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.2</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.plist</groupId>
             <artifactId>dd-plist</artifactId>
-            <version>1.20</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.dongliu</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apk-parser</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
diff --git a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/exception/ParsingException.java b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/exception/ParsingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85e806f7f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/exception/ParsingException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright (c) 2018, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *   WSO2 Inc. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ *   Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ *   in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *   software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *   "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *   specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *   under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core.exception;
+
+public class ParsingException extends Exception {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8935642383846122660L;
+    private String errorMessage;
+
+    public String getErrorMessage() {
+        return errorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setErrorMessage(String errorMessage) {
+        this.errorMessage = errorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public ParsingException(String msg, Exception nestedEx) {
+        super(msg, nestedEx);
+        setErrorMessage(msg);
+    }
+
+    public ParsingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+        setErrorMessage(message);
+    }
+
+    public ParsingException(String msg) {
+        super(msg);
+        setErrorMessage(msg);
+    }
+
+    public ParsingException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public ParsingException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/util/ArtifactsParser.java b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/util/ArtifactsParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d619185ef9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/core/util/ArtifactsParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright (c) 2018, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *   WSO2 Inc. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ *   Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ *   in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ *   software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ *   "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *   KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ *   specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *   under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core.util;
+
+import com.dd.plist.BinaryPropertyListParser;
+import com.dd.plist.NSDictionary;
+import com.dd.plist.PropertyListFormatException;
+import com.dd.plist.PropertyListParser;
+import net.dongliu.apk.parser.ApkFile;
+import net.dongliu.apk.parser.bean.ApkMeta;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.core.exception.ParsingException;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
+
+public class ArtifactsParser {
+
+    //ios CF Bundle keys
+    public static final String IPA_BUNDLE_VERSION_KEY = "CFBundleVersion";
+    public static final String IPA_BUNDLE_NAME_KEY = "CFBundleName";
+    public static final String IPA_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER_KEY = "CFBundleIdentifier";
+
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ArtifactsParser.class);
+
+    public static ApkMeta readAndroidManifestFile(InputStream inputStream) throws ParsingException {
+        File tempFile = null;
+        ApkMeta apkMeta;
+        try {
+
+            tempFile = File.createTempFile("temp" + UUID.randomUUID(), ".apk");
+            try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(tempFile)) {
+                IOUtils.copy(inputStream, out);
+            }
+
+            ApkFile apkFile = new ApkFile(tempFile);
+            apkMeta = apkFile.getApkMeta();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new ParsingException("Error while parsing the apk.", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (tempFile != null) {
+                tempFile.delete();
+            }
+        }
+        return apkMeta;
+    }
+
+    public static NSDictionary readiOSManifestFile(InputStream inputStream) throws ParsingException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        File tempFile = null;
+        NSDictionary rootDict;
+        ZipInputStream stream = null;
+        FileOutputStream out = null;
+
+        try {
+            tempFile = File.createTempFile("temp" + UUID.randomUUID(), ".ipa");
+            out = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
+            IOUtils.copy(inputStream, out);
+            stream = new ZipInputStream(new FileInputStream(tempFile));
+
+            ZipEntry entry;
+            while ((entry = stream.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                if (entry.getName().matches("^(Payload/)(.)+(.app/Info.plist)$")) {
+                    InputStream is = stream;
+
+                    int nRead;
+                    byte[] data = new byte[16384];
+
+                    while ((nRead = is.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
+                        buffer.write(data, 0, nRead);
+                    }
+
+                    buffer.flush();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            try {
+                rootDict = (NSDictionary) BinaryPropertyListParser.parse(buffer.toByteArray());
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                log.debug("Uploaded file didn't have a Binary Plist");
+                try {
+                    rootDict = (NSDictionary) PropertyListParser.parse(buffer.toByteArray());
+                } catch (Exception e1) {
+                    throw new ParsingException("Error while parsing the non binary plist.", e1);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (PropertyListFormatException e1) {
+            throw new ParsingException("Error while parsing the plist.", e1);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new ParsingException("Error while creating temporary file.", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new ParsingException("Error while parsing the file.", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (tempFile != null) {
+                tempFile.delete();
+            }
+            try {
+                if (out != null) {
+                    out.close();
+                }
+                if (stream != null) {
+
+                    stream.close();
+
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+            }
+        }
+
+        return rootDict;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.publisher.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/publisher/api/services/impl/ApplicationManagementAPIImpl.java b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.publisher.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/publisher/api/services/impl/ApplicationManagementAPIImpl.java
index 5609ba9c2ef..f36ef23f831 100644
--- a/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.publisher.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/publisher/api/services/impl/ApplicationManagementAPIImpl.java
+++ b/components/application-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.application.mgt.publisher.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/application/mgt/publisher/api/services/impl/ApplicationManagementAPIImpl.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
  * Implementation of Application Management related APIs.
  */
 @Produces({"application/json"})
-@Path("/publisher/applications")
+@Path("/applications")
 public class ApplicationManagementAPIImpl implements ApplicationManagementAPI {
 
     private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ApplicationManagementAPIImpl.class);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05596b0688b..43e2268bf2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1725,6 +1725,16 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
                 <version>${slf4j.nop.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.googlecode.plist</groupId>
+                <artifactId>dd-plist</artifactId>
+                <version>${googlecode.plist.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>net.dongliu</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apk-parser</artifactId>
+                <version>${net.dongliu.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -2165,6 +2175,10 @@
         <commons.dbcp.version>1.4.0.wso2v1</commons.dbcp.version>
         <slf4j.nop.version>1.7.25</slf4j.nop.version>
 
+        <!-- app management related versions -->
+        <googlecode.plist.version>1.8</googlecode.plist.version>
+        <net.dongliu.version>2.4.2</net.dongliu.version>
+
     </properties>
 
 </project>