Android R namespacing with multiple apps

Issue

I have 2 android apps. appA depends on module assets, appB depends on moduleB. moduleB also depends on assets.

I'm trying to make R namespacing and added gradle property for that: android.namespacedRClass=true.

However after I build the project I see that moduleB can't access resources from assets.

This is the file structure:

.
├── appA
│   └─ build
│       └── generated
│           └── not_namespaced_r_class_sources
│               └── debug
│                   └── processDebugResources
│                       └── r
│                           └── my
│                               └── package
│                                   ├── R.java
│                                   ├── moduleB
│                                   │   └── feature
│                                   │       └── R.java
│                                   └── assets
│                                       └── R.java
├── AppB
│   │
│   └── ...
├── moduleB
│   └── intermediates
│       └── compile_only_not_namespaced_r_class_jar
│           └── debug
│               └── generateDebugRFile
│                   └── R.jar
└── assets
    └── src
        └── main
            └── res
                ├── color
                │   └── ...
                ├── drawable
                │   └── ...
                └── values
                    └── ...

R.jar doesn't contain needed resources. And assets R is in build for appA (I guess that's why moduleB can't access generated R.java for assets).

I've seen this approach at SdkSearch app, but it uses single app module. Is it possible to use such approach with 2 apps?

Solution

Assets as android project has manifest with pakage declaration. So I had to import R class from this package:

<manifest package="my.package.assets" />

import my.package.assets.R as AssetsR
...
val image = context.getDrawable(AssetsR.drawable.image)

Answered By - MightySeal