Optional use of UTF-8 strings in resource bundles
Allows the use of UTF-8 for packing resources instead of the
default of UTF-16 for Java. When strings are extracted from the
ResStringPool, they are converted to UTF-16 and the result is
cached for subsequent calls.
When using aapt to package, add in the "-8" switch to pack the
resources using UTF-8. This will result in the value, key, and
type strings as well as the compiled XML string values taking
significantly less space in the final application package in
most scenarios.
Change-Id: I129483f8b3d3b1c5869dced05cb525e494a6c83a
diff --git a/tools/aapt/Main.cpp b/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
index 98286c0..bd03b74 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/Main.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
" -P specify where to output public resource definitions\n"
" -S directory in which to find resources. Multiple directories will be scanned"
" and the first match found (left to right) will take precedence."
+ " -8 Encode string resources in UTF-8.\n"
" -0 specifies an additional extension for which such files will not\n"
" be stored compressed in the .apk. An empty string means to not\n"
" compress any files at all.\n"
@@ -370,6 +371,9 @@
bundle.setCompressionMethod(ZipEntry::kCompressStored);
}
break;
+ case '8':
+ bundle.setUTF8(true);
+ break;
case '-':
if (strcmp(cp, "-min-sdk-version") == 0) {
argc--;