The examples which follow are taken from the binary XML version of the main.xml layout file that was automatically generated as part of the same project the Resource table example was taken from.
1.0 main.xml
The contents of the generated main.xml layout file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/>
</LinearLayout>
1.1 Binary main.xml
The result of running hexdump on the binary version main.xml layout file extracted from the application .apk file.
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00002c0 05 00 00 00
00002c4
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