ioLib.getResource cannot get resource from another app

[rymsha]

ioLib.getResource is unusable in case developer needs resources from the app different from a "current application" app.
Java API can - this is why this issue was not noticed before.
This is quite inconvenient when applications need to share resources - one application uses resources of another.

[sigdestad]

We should not promote / enable such approaches. Relying on assets in others apps is an antipattern.

[rymsha]

Absolutely it is.
Ideally this should be solved differently - by injecting resources into an app.
In OSGi this is solved by Fragments. It would be App Extensions in XP terms. But we don't have such thing.

[rymsha]

Conclusion is - application developers should not have (easy) access to resources from other apps. We won't fix this issue.

• there is no guarantee in application startup order
• there is no guarantee applications are compatible (requested resources might be missing)