[gui] res/values/ directory not showing up

[razaina]

Issue details

Hi,

I am trying the new version 1.5.1, and I just figured out that the res/values/ directory is not visible anymore, whereas one can see that when you search for a string that you expect to be - let's say in the strings.xml - the search windows shows that it is in res/values/ strings.xml .

Jadx version

1.5.1

Java version

17.0.12

OS

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS

[MrIkso]

This is normal, strings.xml is included in resources.arsc. Click in resources.arsc node and you seen other values resources.

[skylot]

Hm, I agree this is confusing, I think we need to use 'full paths' with source file as a prefix, like this:
resources.arsc:/res/values/strings.xml
Such rename should be implemented carefully, because it might affect export.

Another possible approach is to add a dedicated section 'Android Resources' at the left panel and show merged resource files. But this might be also confusing, because it will duplicate some entries from current 'Resources' section (which is actually shows all loaded files and content)

[MrIkso]

like this:
resources.arsc:/res/values/strings.xml

I think it's best variant, showing it's virtual path only on search window.