How to get the path to the lib folder for an installed package

Issue

Shared libraries .so files are placed in lib/armeabi in an apk file.

I have read after installation the libs gets extracted to /data/data/application_package/lib

How can I get the exact path to this directory in my application at run time? Is this directory readable by the application? Or is only executeable access allowed? If it is readable - Is this still true for copy protected applications?

Solution

You can get the exact path with:

String libraryPath = getContext().getApplicationInfo().dataDir + "/lib";

The directory and its files are readable by the application.

The unix permissions are set to rwxr-x--x. So applications with the same group can read the files.

Answered By - Ralph Löwe