diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/ForceManifestDecodeNoResourcesTest.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/ForceManifestDecodeNoResourcesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d051925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/ForceManifestDecodeNoResourcesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017 Ryszard Wiśniewski <brut.alll@gmail.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017 Connor Tumbleson <connor.tumbleson@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  Licensed 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 brut.androlib;
+
+import brut.common.BrutException;
+import brut.directory.ExtFile;
+import brut.util.OS;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ForceManifestDecodeNoResourcesTest {
+
+    private byte[] xmlHeader = new byte[] {
+            0x3C, // <
+            0x3F, // ?
+            0x78, // x
+            0x6D, // m
+            0x6C, // l
+            0x20, // (empty)
+    };
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
+        TestUtils.cleanFrameworkFile();
+        sTmpDir = new ExtFile(OS.createTempDirectory());
+        TestUtils.copyResourceDir(ForceManifestDecodeNoResourcesTest.class, "brut/apktool/issue1680/", sTmpDir);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void afterClass() throws BrutException {
+        OS.rmdir(sTmpDir);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIfForceManifestWithNoResourcesWorks() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        String apk = "issue1680.apk";
+        String output = sTmpDir + File.separator + apk + ".out";
+
+        // decode issue1680.apk
+        decodeFile(sTmpDir + File.separator + apk, ApkDecoder.DECODE_RESOURCES_NONE,
+                ApkDecoder.FORCE_DECODE_MANIFEST_FULL, output);
+
+        // lets probe filetype of manifest, we should detect XML
+        File manifestFile = new File(output + File.separator + "AndroidManifest.xml");
+        byte[] magic = TestUtils.readHeaderOfFile(manifestFile, 6);
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(this.xmlHeader, magic));
+
+        // confirm resources.arsc still exists, as its raw
+        File resourcesArsc = new File(output + File.separator + "resources.arsc");
+        assertTrue(resourcesArsc.isFile());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkIfForceManifestWorksWithNoChangeToResources() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        String apk = "issue1680.apk";
+        String output = sTmpDir + File.separator + apk + ".out";
+
+        // decode issue1680.apk
+        decodeFile(sTmpDir + File.separator + apk, ApkDecoder.DECODE_RESOURCES_FULL,
+                ApkDecoder.FORCE_DECODE_MANIFEST_FULL, output);
+
+        // lets probe filetype of manifest, we should detect XML
+        File manifestFile = new File(output + File.separator + "AndroidManifest.xml");
+        byte[] magic = TestUtils.readHeaderOfFile(manifestFile, 6);
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(this.xmlHeader, magic));
+
+        // confirm resources.arsc does not exist
+        File resourcesArsc = new File(output + File.separator + "resources.arsc");
+        assertFalse(resourcesArsc.isFile());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkForceManifestToFalseWithResourcesEnabledIsIgnored() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        String apk = "issue1680.apk";
+        String output = sTmpDir + File.separator + apk + ".out";
+
+        // decode issue1680.apk
+        decodeFile(sTmpDir + File.separator + apk, ApkDecoder.DECODE_RESOURCES_FULL,
+                ApkDecoder.FORCE_DECODE_MANIFEST_NONE, output);
+
+        // lets probe filetype of manifest, we should detect XML
+        File manifestFile = new File(output + File.separator + "AndroidManifest.xml");
+        byte[] magic = TestUtils.readHeaderOfFile(manifestFile, 6);
+        assertTrue(Arrays.equals(this.xmlHeader, magic));
+
+        // confirm resources.arsc does not exist
+        File resourcesArsc = new File(output + File.separator + "resources.arsc");
+        assertFalse(resourcesArsc.isFile());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkBothManifestAndResourcesSetToNone() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        String apk = "issue1680.apk";
+        String output = sTmpDir + File.separator + apk + ".out";
+
+        // decode issue1680.apk
+        decodeFile(sTmpDir + File.separator + apk, ApkDecoder.DECODE_RESOURCES_NONE,
+                ApkDecoder.FORCE_DECODE_MANIFEST_NONE, output);
+
+        // lets probe filetype of manifest, we should not detect XML
+        File manifestFile = new File(output + File.separator + "AndroidManifest.xml");
+        byte[] magic = TestUtils.readHeaderOfFile(manifestFile, 6);
+        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(this.xmlHeader, magic));
+
+        // confirm resources.arsc exists
+        File resourcesArsc = new File(output + File.separator + "resources.arsc");
+        assertTrue(resourcesArsc.isFile());
+    }
+
+    private void decodeFile(String apk, short decodeResources, short decodeManifest, String output)
+            throws BrutException, IOException {
+        ApkDecoder apkDecoder = new ApkDecoder(new File(apk));
+        apkDecoder.setDecodeResources(decodeResources);
+        apkDecoder.setForceDecodeManifest(decodeManifest);
+        apkDecoder.setForceDelete(true); // delete directory due to multiple tests.
+
+        apkDecoder.setOutDir(new File(output));
+        apkDecoder.decode();
+    }
+
+    private static ExtFile sTmpDir;
+}
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/TestUtils.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/TestUtils.java
index 39334d32..4fe06898 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/TestUtils.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/TestUtils.java
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ public abstract class TestUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return byte[]
+     * @throws FileNotFoundException
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static byte[] readHeaderOfFile(File file, int size) throws IOException {
+        byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
+        InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
+        if (inputStream.read(buffer) != buffer.length) {
+            throw new IOException("File size too small for buffer length: " + size);
+        }
+        inputStream.close();
+
+        return buffer;
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @return File
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