Sorry but this just isn't something we have APIs for right now. I don't recall anyone wanting to do this kind of thing before, so it hasn't been high on our priority list.
Note that "layout" etc at the resource level are not really folder names -- they are just symbolic names for the part of the resource identifier integer that categorizes the resource. The resource system itself revolves almost entirely around integer identifiers; the symbolic names are pretty much just there for the convenience of developers. There is a big binary data structure in the .apk that is used to map from integer identifiers to the corresponding resource value (which may be stored directly inside the data structure for simple resources like integers and strings, or may be a path to another file in the .apk for things like xml data or images). You could probably hack something together by taking advantage of the current implementation detail that the resource system assigns resource identifiers in a sequential manner (sequentially incrementing the entry part and type part of the integer), to step through retrieving names until you get a resource not found exception. However, I can't make any guarantees that this will work in the future. On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Spektor Yaron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, > just to verify that i am explaining myself correctly. my code takes all the > relevant apk's based on the intent filter and wants to take all the > resources from the \layout to later be able to inflate them. > i get the package name (e.g.,"com.android.demo.notepad2") from the returned > resolveInfo and i know the folder name (e.g., layout etc.) all i need now is > a method to get all the resources in something like: > "com.android.demo.notepad2:layout" on a diffrent apk. > thanks > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Spektor Yaron <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> i know it is done somehow by other applications (for example adding new >> skins to an existing application w/o knowing the name of the layout ahead of >> time) >> what am i missing here. is this not the way to do it? >> should i copy all resources to the file system and read them from there? >> would that make sense? would i be able to inflate a view with them this way? >> Thanks, >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I don't believe there is any way to do that from an application. From a >>> desktop, you can use the aapt dump commands to find out about the contents >>> of the .apk. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Spektor Yaron <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> i was able to play around with the resource on a different apk and get >>>> them using createPackageContext as you suggested. >>>> here is an example of the code: >>>> otherAppContext = >>>> this.createPackageContext("com.android.demo.notepad2",Context.CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE >>>> + Context.CONTEXT_IGNORE_SECURITY); >>>> int resID = otherAppContext.getResources().getIdentifier("icon", >>>> "drawable", "com.android.demo.notepad2"); >>>> >>>> this works well. >>>> now i am trying to get ALL the drawables (or all the layouts) in this >>>> package. i tried a multitude of ways including reflection and AssetManager >>>> but was unsuccessful. any tips here? >>>> just to be clear i can not use R.drawable.icon as this is a different >>>> context >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Yaron Spektor >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Yaron Spektor >> > > > > -- > Yaron Spektor > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
