Hi, let's move this discussion to android-porting, this is well outside the scope of programming with the SDK. (But no, you can't do that.)
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Andy Droid <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Dianne. I tested your suggestion with two apps, where one app > gets resources from another app, and it worked. Doing it at the > framework layer is more difficult, but it may be more of a build > problem. > > I made a change to frameworks/base/core/java/android/widget/ > AbsListView.java did a "mmm frameworks/base", and then "make snod". > I don't *think* I saw my change reflected, but maybe you could tell me > if "make snod" should work, or if i need to do a full make. > > But as another approach, I also wanted to ask this: In the file > "list_selector_background.xml" located at frameworks/base/core/res/res/ > drawable/, can I change the line: > > <item android:state_focused="true" > android:drawable="@drawable/list_selector_background_focus" /> > > to something that points to my resource, such as: > > <item android:state_focused="true" > android:drawable="@drawable/ > com.mycompany.myapp.my_list_selector_background_focus" /> > > > Is there a way to do this? thanks for your help. > > > > On Sep 22, 6:47 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > This happens for every application that is loaded -- the resources are a > > combination of the framework and application resources, and all of the > > framework can freely access the application resources. This is generally > > accomplished by using a custom theme that references the app resources > where > > desired. > > > > If you mean you want to install an app and have the framework magically > load > > the app's resources and use something from it for all other apps, well of > > course you have the code and can do what you want. It's certainly not > > atypical to load one app's resources into another app -- for example this > is > > how home and other such things show icons or labels associated with other > > applications. Context.createPackageContext() or the PackageManager API > to > > get a package's resources are the typical mechanism for this. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Andy Droid <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Can a core class such as "AbsListView" access resources, such as xml > > > files, and .png's, in a 3rd party app installed in the normal way (at > > > the app level)? > > > > > I realize this is a change in framework code, and that is fine for my > > > purposes. So, for example, if I know that I am going to install an > > > app called "MyApp", could I go into frameworks/base/core/java/android/ > > > widget/AbsListView.java and tell it to use an xml file and .png's that > > > live in that app? Here is the line I would want to modify: > > > > > setSelector(getResources().getDrawable( > > > > > com.android.internal.R.drawable.list_selector_background)); > > > > > thanks > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
