Load resource (layout) from another apk dynamically

Question

I managed to pull the layouts, and i add it to my viewflipper, however, there it is loaded as blank.

The code is,

Resources packageResources;
Context pac         


        

Answer 1

Finally got it.... Its actually simple !!!!

Here is what i did...

1. In the target apk, there is only resources and layouts with no application or activity code. I created a class,

   public final class ViewExtractor
   {
       private static final int NUMBER_OF_LAYOUTS = 5;
   
       public static View[] getAllViews(Context context)
       {
           View[] result = new View[ViewExtractor.NUMBER_OF_LAYOUTS];
   
           result[0] = View.inflate(context, R.layout.layout_0, null);
           result[1] = View.inflate(context, R.layout.layout_1, null);
           result[2] = View.inflate(context, R.layout.layout_2, null);
           result[3] = View.inflate(context, R.layout.layout_3, null);
           result[4] = View.inflate(context, R.layout.layout_4, null);
   
           return result;
       }
    }
   

Then in my current application, I modified my earlier code. The modification takes place once package has been verified to exist.

        // If the package exists then get the resources within it.
        // Use the method in the class to get the views.
        Class viewExtractor;
        try
        {
            viewExtractor = packageContext.getClassLoader().loadClass(packageName + ".ViewExtractor");
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException excep)
        {
            continue;
        }

        View[] resultViews;
        try
        {
            Method m = viewExtractor.getDeclaredMethod("getAllViews", Context.class);

            resultViews= (View[])m.invoke(null, new Object[]{packageContext});

            for( View v : resultViews)
            {
                this.viewFlipper.addView(v);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception excep)
        {
            excep.printStackTrace();
        }