Getting resources of another Application

Issue

Assume I've got 2 Application A and B.

I want to access resources (drawables, images, strings) of an B application from A application. How would I do that?

Edit:

You can also designate an Android project as a library project, which allows it to be shared with other projects that depend on it. Once an Android project is designated as a library project, it cannot be installed onto a device.

Does it mean That I can not use my library on android market? My aim is to use default resources of Application A, but also if someone what he can download Application B and use it resources.

Solution

If you are the developer of both applications then the right approach would be, as othes noted, to create an Android library project and share it between apps.

Nevertheles, you can still access resources from another app, even if this is not your app:

Resources res = context.getPackageManager().getResourcesForApplication("com.example.foo")

Answered By - Peter Knego