bug: XmlEncodeException: Resource not found when patching with WPS Office

[shaktimaan0707]

Bug description

Patching fails with a resource resolution error during the APK repackaging stage. The patcher attempts to encode a string that references an external WPS Office resource which cannot be found in the available frameworks.

Suspected Cause:
The patch includes a cross-package resource reference to cn.wps.moffice_eng:string/allow, but this external package's resources are not available in the patcher's framework list (only android-35 is loaded). The resource cannot be resolved, causing the XML encoding step to fail.

Steps to Reproduce:

• Select the relevant patch in Morphe Manager
• Apply the patch to the target APK
• Error occurs during resource encoding phase

Version of Morphe (Manager) and the app you are patching

Morphe Version: 1.16.0
App Version: 18.24

Morphe logs

com.reandroid.arsc.coder.xml.XmlEncodeException: at /data/user/0/app.morphe.manager/app_ephemeral/patcher/apk/resources/package_1/res/values/strings.xml [line = 35]
Resource not found for: '@cn.wps.moffice_eng:string/allow', frameworks size=1 [android-35]: <string name="note_allow">@cn.wps.moffice_eng:string/allow</string>
	at com.reandroid.arsc.coder.xml.XmlCoder$ValuesXml.encode(SourceFile:281)
	at com.reandroid.arsc.coder.xml.XmlCoder$ValuesXml.encode(SourceFile:256)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.encodeValuesDir(SourceFile:318)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.encodeResDir(SourceFile:280)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.encodeValues(SourceFile:184)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.scanResourceFiles(SourceFile:112)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.scanResourcesDirectory(SourceFile:87)
	at com.reandroid.apk.xmlencoder.XMLTableBlockEncoder.scanMainDirectory(SourceFile:83)
	at com.reandroid.apk.ApkModuleXmlEncoder.buildTableBlock(SourceFile:56)
	at com.reandroid.apk.ApkModuleXmlEncoder.buildResources(SourceFile:45)
	at com.reandroid.apk.ApkModuleEncoder.scanDirectory(SourceFile:45)
	at app.morphe.patcher.resource.coder.ArsclibResourceCoder.encodeResources(SourceFile:292)
	at app.morphe.patcher.patch.ResourcePatchContext.get(SourceFile:80)
	at app.morphe.patcher.Patcher.get(SourceFile:176)
	at app.morphe.manager.patcher.Session$run$result$1.invokeSuspend(SourceFile:106)
	at app.morphe.manager.patcher.Session$run$result$1.invoke(SourceFile:0)
	at app.morphe.manager.patcher.Session$run$result$1.invoke(SourceFile:0)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.UndispatchedKt.startUndspatched(SourceFile:66)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.intrinsics.UndispatchedKt.startUndispatchedOrReturn(SourceFile:43)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt__Builders_commonKt.withContext(SourceFile:165)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.BuildersKt.withContext(Unknown Source:1)
	at app.morphe.manager.patcher.Session.run(SourceFile:103)
	at app.morphe.manager.patcher.runtime.process.PatcherProcess$start$1.invokeSuspend(SourceFile:117)
	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(SourceFile:34)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(SourceFile:100)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(SourceFile:586)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(SourceFile:829)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(SourceFile:717)
	at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(SourceFile:704)

Acknowledgements

• I have checked all open and closed bug reports and this is not a duplicate.
• I have chosen an appropriate title.
• All requested information has been provided properly.
• The bug only affects using Morphe (Manager)

[MarcaDian]

Don't duplicate issues, we see your problem.

[hoo-dles]

This user came from my repo, so linking to the original issue for visibility. hoo-dles/morphe-patches#374

I don't think this is an issue on the patches side, but if that's not correct, send them back my way.

[MarcaDian]

I think this is a problem on the patcher side.

[shaktimaan0707]

Sorry guys, my bad regarding the duplication issue

[MarcaDian]

Patched normally, without problems.

[INFO] Device: android=15 api=35 ramAvail="3.25 GB" ramTotal="7.42 GB" storageAvail="100.76 GB" storageTotal="226.49 GB"
[INFO] Patching started at 1778082760505 pkg=cn.wps.moffice_eng version=18.24 bundle=1.30.0-dev.1 input=/data/user/0/app.morphe.manager/app_ui_ephemeral/temp_apk_1778082752775.apk size=277623280 split=false patches=2 device=Xiaomi model=23124RA7EO
[INFO] Runtime: process memoryLimit=1280
[INFO] Process heap memory limit: 1280MB
[INFO] Applying patches...
[INFO] Executing patches
[INFO] Disable anti-tamper succeeded
[INFO] Enable Pro succeeded
[INFO] Writing patched files...
[INFO] Compiling patched dex files (mode: STRIP_FAST)
[INFO] Writing 3 new classes to new DEX files
[INFO] Processing 3 classes (single threaded mode)
[INFO] Wrote 1 dex files to /data/user/0/app.morphe.manager/app_ephemeral/patcher/patched/dex
[INFO] Stripping 3 modified classes from original DEX files
[INFO] Aligning APK
[INFO] Patched apk saved to /data/user/0/app.morphe.manager/app_ephemeral/patcher/result.apk
[INFO] Heap after patching: average=167MB max=377MB
[INFO] Stripped native libraries for unsupported ABIs (removed 84 entries)
[INFO] Patching succeeded: output=/data/user/0/app.morphe.manager/app_ui_ephemeral/installer/output.apk size=225442882 elapsed=88535ms