android-resources

I have a weird problem. Before you come to an idea to lash out on me, I am working on a custom Jelly Bean. Therefore the "usual nice approaches" might not work here, and dirty workarounds have to be made. I have an APK which contains the following in assets: layout layout-mdpi layout-land layout-large-mdpi layout-large-land-mdpi layout-large-hdpi layout-large-xhdpi And some other metrics code returned this: D/AppDemo( 2091): measured width: 1920 PE width: 1920 scaleFactor = 1.0 D/AppDemo( 2091): [ANDROID] measured width: 1920 measured height: 1080 D/AppDemo( 2091): [ANDROID] scale for

I need to store some sensitive information in an Android application. If I put it in a resource file, it appears that it is trivial for another app to be able to browse and read that file simply by using PackageManager.getResourcesForApplication() . Where is the correct place to put information like this that we don't want people to be able to easily snoop? Should it be in a compiled java file? Or are classfiles also easily readable? Also, if they're in java files, is it possible to reference them from XML files that need them (eg. for the google maps api key)? Your APK will be retrieved from

Is there a way to know exactly which layout (and other resources) are chosen by Android during runtime based on screen density and size when supporting multiple screens? I need to know the folder's name. EDIT: I need to know the folder's name programmatically . If you're just doing this for debugging purposes, I'd recommend doing something like this: For each qualifier that you have a layout/drawable for, have a values folder with the same qualifier (e.g. if you have a layout-hdpi, also have a values-hdpi to match). Add a strings.xml for each of these folders, and define a string: In values

I have an android application and I would like to have different flavors. Specifically I would like to have 2 flavors and for each flavor use different strings (different strings.xml file) and maybe have some icons different. I have tried creating two folders in the project's root folder: flav1 and flav2 and used the following build.gradle android { compileSdkVersion "Google Inc.:Google APIs:15" buildToolsVersion "17.0.0" sourceSets { main { manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml' java.srcDirs = ['src'] resources.srcDirs = ['src'] aidl.srcDirs = ['src'] renderscript.srcDirs = ['src'] res

I currently use a combination of LVL and Proguard as a first line of defence against piracy. However, what about the resource strings? For example, if there is a resource string like "License check failed" then doesn't the pirate simply need to trace that resource id back to where it was used in the code? In fact, this is also true if the string is something generic like "Please contact dev". What is the best approach? If you define a resource string, you will probably define or use it in: the string resource file res/values/strings.xml , layout files res/layout/*.xml , the generated resource