[android-developers] Re: Storing data in the APK after creating it
thanks for all your replies! I think using metadata on the manifest file is the only way of doing this: I have tried to get the metadata stored in the AndroidManifest.xml My manifest file is the one below: *XML:* ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? manifest xmlns:android=http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android; package=org.android.androidapp android:versionCode=1 android:versionName=1.0.0 uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET/ application android:icon=@drawable/icon android:label= @string/app_name meta-data android:name=org.android.androidapp.webURL android:value=http://www.google.com/ activity android:name=.App android:label=@string/app_name intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.MAIN / category android:name=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER / /intent-filter /activity /application /manifest and the code in my onCreate() is the one below: *Java:*ComponentInfo ci = new ComponentInfo(); PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); XmlResourceParser myParser = ci.loadXmlMetaData(pm, org.android.androidapp.webURL); Unfortunately, the myParser value gets a null value... Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Please help, this is urgent.. I also tried the following: *Java:* Bundle b = ci.metaData; but this also returns null... Whats the correct syntax of things for me to get the metadata value (the webUrl stored in my metadata) any help would be highly appreciated!! On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.com wrote: An .apk is really just a zip file (and a jar file too), so in theory you can use any zip tools you want on it, you just need to make sure that you correctly re-sign it after making changes. There is a caveat, however, that aapt does a few special things to make sure to not compress certain files and enforce alignment of uncompressed files for more efficient access at runtime; you'll want to make sure you don't lose these things if using normal zip tools. The aapt command also has some zip-like options to add and remove files. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Georgios Galyfos yorg...@gmail.comwrote: thanks for the reply, however I am trying to do this without needing to rebuild the APK.. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Yorgos wrote: Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into the APK? Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after modifying the XML. More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php -- 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. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Storing data in the APK after creating it
Yorgos wrote: Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into the APK? Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after modifying the XML. More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Storing data in the APK after creating it
thanks for the reply, however I am trying to do this without needing to rebuild the APK.. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Yorgos wrote: Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into the APK? Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after modifying the XML. More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Storing data in the APK after creating it
I'm pretty sure this cannot be done. On Feb 4, 10:49 am, Georgios Galyfos yorg...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for the reply, however I am trying to do this without needing to rebuild the APK.. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Yorgos wrote: Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into the APK? Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after modifying the XML. More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden --http://www.sotrium.com/training.php- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Storing data in the APK after creating it
An .apk is really just a zip file (and a jar file too), so in theory you can use any zip tools you want on it, you just need to make sure that you correctly re-sign it after making changes. There is a caveat, however, that aapt does a few special things to make sure to not compress certain files and enforce alignment of uncompressed files for more efficient access at runtime; you'll want to make sure you don't lose these things if using normal zip tools. The aapt command also has some zip-like options to add and remove files. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Georgios Galyfos yorg...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for the reply, however I am trying to do this without needing to rebuild the APK.. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.comwrote: Yorgos wrote: Do you have any other ideas of how I can store/alter information into the APK? Simple answer: Just re-run Ant to rebuild/resign your APK after modifying the XML. More complicated answer: Tease out the specific steps from Ant that will achieve those ends. I think you will need aapt and apkbuilder at minimum. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training in Sweden -- http://www.sotrium.com/training.php -- 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. 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
