Is there any way we can read/parse android manifest file as we do it for files in raw folder as mentioned here:
http://eagle.phys.utk.edu/guidry/android/writeSD.html
[Edit after OP's comment] : You can use Android's PackageManaer http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html to get information about the contents of the manifest file that Android understands.