Hi all,
I am developing an android application which supports different langauges.
So there are resources/assets like audio files which are required when
application runs in different language settings
I don't want to include all the resources for all the supporting languages
in same apk. Instead i would like to include the default resources and if
the language is different from the default language(say English), I want to
dynamically download the resources.
Is there any way to do it , other than hosting it privately and downloading
on requirement?
I was checking the APK expansion files, thinking the other language files
can be provided as patch files. But the documentation says, both the files
- main and patch expansion files, would be downloaded along with the APK.
My requirement is not that. I want to get it downloaded only if it is
required. Is there a way to configure that behavior of the expansion files ?
Another option I got is to create different apk files for different
language resources. Download the required apks , and access the downloaded
apks asset files for the language specific resources. But then my concerns
are - is it possible to create an apk with only resource files ? With no UI
and activities? I have seen the Google Keyboard IME does something similar.
But the apk extends InputMethodService . So does an apk requires an
activity or Service ? Or if I create a dummy actvity, can i configure such
that the application does not come in the application drawer and also not
launched ?
Also is there any other ways to download and install another apk from the
currently active application ,other than using an intent to open the market
place and search for the apk, like the code snippet below
Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
Uri.parse("narket://details?id=" + "");
marketIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.
FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET|Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK|
Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(marketIntent);
I would like to get the apk downloaded as a background process without any
user prompts? Is that possible or is against the security features of
android ?
Or is there any other different way to achieve my functionality.
Thanks in advance for any insights
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