Get resources from another apk

Question

I have been struggling with this issue all day and have had no success. I am basically trying to get an image resource from another apk.

So if com.example.app has an

Answer 1

try this:

final String packName = "com.example.app ";
Resources resources;
try {
    PackageManager manager = getPackageManager();
    resources = manager.getResourcesForApplication(packName);

    int resID = resources.getIdentifier("image1", "drawable", packName);
    Log.d(TAG, "resID = " + resID);
    Drawable image = getResources().getDrawable(resID);
    Log.d(TAG, "resID = " + resID);
}
catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}