Sorry about resurrecting an old thread, but really? All resources from all APK's are public to all APK's at all times?
Could yall post a new blog post about how to write secure Android applications? ;) How about assets? And whats the deal with the stuff that ends up in your assets folder that you didn't put there? On Feb 16, 2:04 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:37 PM, jotobjects <jotobje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are the resources of the another application package essentially > > public - can any application call Context.createPackageContext() to > > get the context of a different application? > > Yep all resources are public. This allows other applications to display > your icons and labels (such as when you appear in a picker), inflate your > layout for app widgets, etc. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
