diff --git a/include/utils/ResourceTypes.h b/include/utils/ResourceTypes.h
index 0e796dc56..b701ce74d 100644
--- a/include/utils/ResourceTypes.h
+++ b/include/utils/ResourceTypes.h
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ public:
 
     void restart();
 
+    const ResStringPool& getStrings() const;
+
     event_code_t getEventType() const;
     // Note, unlike XmlPullParser, the first call to next() will return
     // START_TAG of the first element.
@@ -716,8 +718,6 @@ public:
 
     void uninit();
 
-    const ResStringPool& getStrings() const;
-
 private:
     friend class ResXMLParser;
 
diff --git a/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp b/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
index 38d841295..7e0f881af 100644
--- a/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/ResourceTypes.cpp
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ void ResXMLParser::restart()
     mCurNode = NULL;
     mEventCode = mTree.mError == NO_ERROR ? START_DOCUMENT : BAD_DOCUMENT;
 }
+const ResStringPool& ResXMLParser::getStrings() const
+{
+    return mTree.mStrings;
+}
 
 ResXMLParser::event_code_t ResXMLParser::getEventType() const
 {
@@ -1149,11 +1153,6 @@ void ResXMLTree::uninit()
     restart();
 }
 
-const ResStringPool& ResXMLTree::getStrings() const
-{
-    return mStrings;
-}
-
 status_t ResXMLTree::validateNode(const ResXMLTree_node* node) const
 {
     const uint16_t eventCode = dtohs(node->header.type);