Your Java class approach will never work. You can access resources of another app through PackageManager and getResourcesForApplication().
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Logan Masten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I am creating an application that will have a lot of data that will not > appeal to everyone, so I want to create add-ons instead of forcing users to > download a larger app. > What I am hoping to do, to keep things more organized, is call a public > method from the add-on and have it return a string or array (or if not > possible, just access the res folder itself). > I have been attempting to do so by getting the application context: > Context context = createPackageContext("com.myaddon", CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE); > then either reference a class: > Class<?> c = context.getClassLoader().loadClass("MyClass"); > and call the method ( getString() ) off the class: > c.getString(); > which gives the error: > The method getString() is undefined for the type Class<capture#2-of ?> > Or trying to access the resources through: > Resources otherRes = context.getResources(); > otherRes.getStringArray(R.array.myArray); > But this always gives a cannot be resolved error. Does anyone have any > thoughts on what I am doing wrong? I have never done anything like this > before, so I'm probably doing plenty wrong, but I'm having trouble finding > more information. > Thanks for the help! > > -- > 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 -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! -- 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
