How to access String resource from another application

Question

I have a application \'A\' and application \'B\'.

Say, I have a string resource in the application \'A\'

<\\string name=\"abc\">ABCDEF<\\/s         


        

Answer 1

It is possible! Take a look at the following code. It works for me.

public void testUseAndroidString() {
    Context context = getContext();
    Resources res = null;
    try {
        //I want to use the clear_activities string in Package com.android.settings
        res = context.getPackageManager().getResourcesForApplication("com.android.settings");
        int resourceId = res.getIdentifier("com.android.settings:string/clear_activities", null, null);
        if(0 != resourceId) {
            CharSequence s = context.getPackageManager().getText("com.android.settings", resourceId, null);
            Log.i(VIEW_LOG_TAG, "resource=" + s);
        }
    } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

Hope this will help you.

Answer 2

It seems Ok. Here is my code

Resources res = null;
    try {
        res = getPackageManager().getResourcesForApplication("com.sjm.testres1");
    } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    if(null != res) {
        int sId = res.getIdentifier("com.sjm.testres1:string/app_name1", null, null);
        int dId = res.getIdentifier("com.sjm.testres1:drawable/card_1_big", null, null);
        if(0 != dId) {
            iv.setBackgroundDrawable(res.getDrawable(dId));
        }
        if(0 != sId) {
            tv.setText(res.getString(sId));
        }
    }