So for example, referring to the Android documentation which talks of the Travel app reusing the Activity of the Weather app, would one have to get permission to do this? N.B. I needed the info to try out a small idea - all authorised and legal.
On Aug 26, 11:13 am, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > Sharing and re-using other people's code without their permission is > not part of the philosophy. Generally, when someone grants permission > as a practical matter they also make the source code available. > > With regard to the technical question, the file is in some kind of > quasi unicode binary format. If you get a program called apktool it > can extract and repack the xml files, resources, and bytecode, > translating between binary and plain text forms. > > On Aug 26, 9:41 am, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I would like to read the android manifest from an apk file. I unzipped > > it using 7-zip. However, the manifest seems to be in binary with some > > ascii but a lot of control chars. Was it meant to be hidden? The > > philosophy behind Android is to share and reuse activities - but if > > the manifest cannot be read, then I dont know how it can be done. > > thanks, > > Anil- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
