diff --git a/pyaxmlparser/arscparser.py b/pyaxmlparser/arscparser.py
index 5ef5772..1097e6d 100644
--- a/pyaxmlparser/arscparser.py
+++ b/pyaxmlparser/arscparser.py
@@ -125,16 +125,31 @@ def __init__(self, raw_buff):
 
                         entries = []
                         for i in range(0, a_res_type.entryCount):
-                            current_package.mResId = current_package.mResId & 0xffff0000 | i
-                            entries.append((unpack('<i', self.buff.read(4))[0], current_package.mResId))
+                            if a_res_type.is_sparse():
+                                idx = unpack('<H', self.buff.read(2))[0]
+                                offset = unpack('<H', self.buff.read(2))[0]
+                                offset *= 4
+                            elif a_res_type.is_offset16():
+                                idx = i
+                                offset = unpack('<H', self.buff.read(2))[0]
+                                offset = ARSCResType.NO_ENTRY if offset == 0xFFFF else offset * 4
+                            else:
+                                idx = i
+                                offset = unpack('<I', self.buff.read(4))[0]
+
+                            current_package.mResId = current_package.mResId & 0xffff0000 | idx
+                            entries.append((offset, current_package.mResId))
 
                         self.packages[package_name].append(entries)
 
-                        for entry, res_id in entries:
+                        for offset, res_id in entries:
+                            if offset != ARSCResType.NO_ENTRY:
+                                self.buff.set_idx(pkg_chunk_header.start + a_res_type.entriesStart + offset)
+
                             if self.buff.end():
                                 break
 
-                            if entry != -1:
+                            if offset != ARSCResType.NO_ENTRY:
                                 ate = ARSCResTableEntry(self.buff, res_id, pc)
                                 self.packages[package_name].append(ate)
                                 if ate.is_weak():
@@ -181,13 +196,13 @@ def _analyse(self):
                         entries = self.packages[package_name][nb + 2]
                         nb_i = 0
                         for entry, res_id in entries:
-                            if entry != -1:
+                            if entry != ARSCResType.NO_ENTRY:
                                 ate = self.packages[package_name][nb + 3 + nb_i]
 
                                 self.resource_values[ate.mResId][a_res_type.config] = ate
                                 self.resource_keys[package_name][a_res_type.get_type()][ate.get_value()] = ate.mResId
 
-                                if ate.get_index() != -1:
+                                if ate.get_key() != ARSCResType.NO_ENTRY:
                                     c_value["public"].append(
                                         (a_res_type.get_type(), ate.get_value(),
                                          ate.mResId))
@@ -226,29 +241,29 @@ def _analyse(self):
                 nb += 1
 
     def get_resource_string(self, ate):
-        return [ate.get_value(), ate.get_key_data()]
+        return [ate.get_value(), ate.get_value_data()]
 
     def get_resource_id(self, ate):
         x = [ate.get_value()]
-        if ate.key.get_data() == 0:
+        if ate.value.get_data() == 0:
             x.append("false")
-        elif ate.key.get_data() == 1:
+        elif ate.value.get_data() == 1:
             x.append("true")
         return x
 
     def get_resource_bool(self, ate):
         x = [ate.get_value()]
-        if ate.key.get_data() == 0:
+        if ate.value.get_data() == 0:
             x.append("false")
-        elif ate.key.get_data() == -1:
+        elif ate.value.get_data() == 0xFFFFFFFF:
             x.append("true")
         return x
 
     def get_resource_integer(self, ate):
-        return [ate.get_value(), ate.key.get_data()]
+        return [ate.get_value(), ate.value.get_data()]
 
     def get_resource_color(self, ate):
-        entry_data = ate.key.get_data()
+        entry_data = ate.value.get_data()
         return [
             ate.get_value(),
             "#%02x%02x%02x%02x" % (
@@ -262,14 +277,14 @@ def get_resource_dimen(self, ate):
         try:
             return [
                 ate.get_value(), "%s%s" % (
-                    complexToFloat(ate.key.get_data()),
-                    const.DIMENSION_UNITS[ate.key.get_data() & const.COMPLEX_UNIT_MASK])
+                    complexToFloat(ate.value.get_data()),
+                    const.DIMENSION_UNITS[ate.value.get_data() & const.COMPLEX_UNIT_MASK])
             ]
         except IndexError:
             log.debug("Out of range dimension unit index for %s: %s" % (
-                complexToFloat(ate.key.get_data()),
-                ate.key.get_data() & const.COMPLEX_UNIT_MASK))
-            return [ate.get_value(), ate.key.get_data()]
+                complexToFloat(ate.value.get_data()),
+                ate.value.get_data() & const.COMPLEX_UNIT_MASK))
+            return [ate.get_value(), ate.value.get_data()]
 
     # FIXME
     def get_resource_style(self, ate):
@@ -553,28 +568,31 @@ def resolve(self, res_id):
             return result
 
         def _resolve_into_result(self, result, res_id, config):
-            configs = self.resources.get_res_configs(res_id, config)
-            if configs:
-                for config, ate in configs:
-                    self.put_ate_value(result, ate, config)
-
-        def put_ate_value(self, result, ate, config):
+            queue = [(res_id, config)]
+            index = 0
+
+            while index < len(queue):
+                current_res_id, current_config = queue[index]
+                index += 1
+                configs = self.resources.get_res_configs(current_res_id, current_config)
+                if configs:
+                    for config, ate in configs:
+                        self.put_ate_value(result, ate, config, queue)
+
+        def put_ate_value(self, result, ate, config, queue):
             if ate.is_complex():
                 complex_array = []
                 result.append((config, complex_array))
                 for _, item in ate.item.items:
-                    self.put_item_value(complex_array, item, config, complex_=True)
+                    self.put_item_value(complex_array, item, config, queue, complex_=True)
             else:
-                self.put_item_value(result, ate.key, config, complex_=False)
+                self.put_item_value(result, ate.value, config, queue, complex_=False)
 
-        def put_item_value(self, result, item, config, complex_):
+        def put_item_value(self, result, item, config, queue, complex_):
             if item.is_reference():
                 res_id = item.get_data()
-                if res_id:
-                    self._resolve_into_result(
-                        result,
-                        item.get_data(),
-                        self.wanted_config)
+                if res_id and (res_id, self.wanted_config) not in queue:
+                    queue.append((res_id, self.wanted_config))
             else:
                 if complex_:
                     result.append(item.format_value())
diff --git a/pyaxmlparser/arscutil.py b/pyaxmlparser/arscutil.py
index 309c9b7..6e8a01d 100644
--- a/pyaxmlparser/arscutil.py
+++ b/pyaxmlparser/arscutil.py
@@ -125,27 +125,26 @@ def __init__(self, buff, parent=None):
         self.parent = parent
         self.id = unpack('<B', buff.read(1))[0]
         self.res0 = unpack('<B', buff.read(1))[0]
-        self.res1 = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
-        res_error = False
         if self.res0 != 0:
             log.warning("res0 is not zero!")
-            res_error = True
+        self.res1 = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
         if self.res1 != 0:
             log.warning("res1 is not zero!")
-            res_error = True
-
-        if not res_error:  # Skips processing attempt if there was an error
-            self.entryCount = unpack("<I", buff.read(4))[0]
+        self.entryCount = unpack("<I", buff.read(4))[0]
 
-            self.typespec_entries = []
-            for i in range(0, self.entryCount):
-                self.typespec_entries.append(unpack("<I", buff.read(4))[0])
+        self.typespec_entries = []
+        for i in range(0, self.entryCount):
+            self.typespec_entries.append(unpack("<I", buff.read(4))[0])
 
 
 class ARSCResType(object):
     """
     See http://androidxref.com/9.0.0_r3/xref/frameworks/base/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ResourceTypes.h#1364
     """
+    FLAG_SPARSE = 1
+    FLAG_OFFSET16 = 2
+    NO_ENTRY = 0xFFFFFFFF
+
     def __init__(self, buff, parent=None):
         self.start = buff.get_idx()
         self.parent = parent
@@ -168,6 +167,12 @@ def get_type(self):
     def get_package_name(self):
         return self.parent.get_package_name()
 
+    def is_sparse(self):
+        return bool(self.flags & self.FLAG_SPARSE)
+
+    def is_offset16(self):
+        return bool(self.flags & self.FLAG_OFFSET16)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "ARSCResType(%x, %x, %x, %x, %x, %x, %x, %s)" % (
             self.start,
@@ -521,6 +526,7 @@ class ARSCResTableEntry(object):
     FLAG_COMPLEX = 1
     FLAG_PUBLIC = 2
     FLAG_WEAK = 4
+    FLAG_COMPACT = 8
 
     def __init__(self, buff, mResId, parent=None):
         self.start = buff.get_idx()
@@ -528,22 +534,27 @@ def __init__(self, buff, mResId, parent=None):
         self.parent = parent
         self.size = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
         self.flags = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
-        self.index = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
-
-        if self.is_complex():
+        self.key = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
+
+        if self.is_compact():
+            self.compact_key = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
+            self.compact_flags = unpack('<H', buff.read(2))[0]
+            self.compact_data = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
+            self.value = ARSCResValue(data=self.compact_data, data_type=self.compact_flags >> 8, parent=parent)
+        elif self.is_complex():
             self.item = ARSCComplex(buff, parent)
         else:
             # If FLAG_COMPLEX is not set, a Res_value structure will follow
-            self.key = ARSCResStringPoolRef(buff, self.parent)
+            self.value = ARSCResValue.fetch(buff, parent)
 
-    def get_index(self):
-        return self.index
+    def get_key(self):
+        return self.compact_key if self.is_compact() else self.key
 
     def get_value(self):
-        return self.parent.mKeyStrings.getString(self.index)
+        return self.parent.mKeyStrings.getString(self.key)
 
-    def get_key_data(self):
-        return self.key.get_data_value()
+    def get_value_data(self):
+        return self.value.get_data_value()
 
     def is_public(self):
         return (self.flags & self.FLAG_PUBLIC) != 0
@@ -554,16 +565,19 @@ def is_complex(self):
     def is_weak(self):
         return (self.flags & self.FLAG_WEAK) != 0
 
+    def is_compact(self):
+        return (self.flags & self.FLAG_COMPACT) != 0
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return (
             "<ARSCResTableEntry idx='0x{:08x}' mResId='0x{:08x}' size='{}' "
-            "flags='0x{:02x}' index='0x{:x}' holding={}>"
+            "flags='0x{:02x}' key='0x{:x}' holding={}>"
         ).format(
             self.start,
             self.mResId,
             self.size,
             self.flags,
-            self.index,
+            self.key,
             self.item if self.is_complex() else self.key)
 
 
@@ -577,25 +591,35 @@ def __init__(self, buff, parent=None):
 
         self.items = []
         for i in range(0, self.count):
-            self.items.append((unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0],
-                               ARSCResStringPoolRef(buff, self.parent)))
+            name = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
+            value = ARSCResValue.fetch(buff, parent)
+            self.items.append((name, value))
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<ARSCComplex idx='0x{:08x}' parent='{}' count='{}'>".format(self.start, self.id_parent, self.count)
 
-
-class ARSCResStringPoolRef(object):
-    def __init__(self, buff, parent=None):
-        self.start = buff.get_idx()
+class ARSCResValue:
+    def __init__(self, data, data_type, res0=0, size=8, parent=None):
+        self.size = size
+        self.res0 = res0
+        self.data = data
+        self.data_type = data_type
         self.parent = parent
 
-        self.size, = unpack("<H", buff.read(2))
-        self.res0, = unpack("<B", buff.read(1))
-        if self.res0 != 0:
+    @classmethod
+    def fetch(cls, buff, parent=None):
+        start = buff.get_idx()
+
+        size, = unpack("<H", buff.read(2))
+        res0, = unpack("<B", buff.read(1))
+        if res0 != 0:
             log.warning("res0 is not zero!")
-        else:
-            self.data_type = unpack('<B', buff.read(1))[0]
-            self.data = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
+
+        data_type = unpack('<B', buff.read(1))[0]
+        data = unpack('<I', buff.read(4))[0]
+
+        buff.set_idx(start + size)
+        return ARSCResValue(size=size, res0=res0, data=data, data_type=data_type, parent=parent)
 
     def get_data_value(self):
         return self.parent.stringpool_main.getString(self.data)
@@ -620,8 +644,7 @@ def is_reference(self):
         return self.data_type == const.TYPE_REFERENCE
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "<ARSCResStringPoolRef idx='0x{:08x}' size='{}' type='{}' data='0x{:08x}'>".format(
-            self.start,
+        return "<ARSCResValue size='{}' type='{}' data='0x{:08x}'>".format(
             self.size,
             const.TYPE_TABLE.get(self.data_type, "0x%x" % self.data_type),
             self.data)
diff --git a/pyaxmlparser/core.py b/pyaxmlparser/core.py
index f694e76..92dae30 100644
--- a/pyaxmlparser/core.py
+++ b/pyaxmlparser/core.py
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def __init__(self, filename, raw=False, skip_analysis=False, testzip=False):
         self.androidversion = {}
         self.permissions = []
         self.uses_permissions = []
+        self.uses_permission_sdk_23 = []
         self.declared_permissions = {}
         self.valid_apk = False
 
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ def _apk_analysis(self):
                 self.androidversion["Code"] = self.get_attribute_value("manifest", "versionCode")
                 self.androidversion["Name"] = self.get_attribute_value("manifest", "versionName")
                 permission = list(self.get_all_attribute_value("uses-permission", "name"))
+                permission += list(self.get_all_attribute_value("uses-permission-sdk-23", "name"))
                 self.permissions = list(set(self.permissions + permission))
 
                 for uses_permission in self.find_tags("uses-permission"):
@@ -366,6 +368,12 @@ def _apk_analysis(self):
                         self._get_permission_maxsdk(uses_permission)
                     ])
 
+                for uses_permission in self.find_tags("uses-permission-sdk-23"):
+                    self.uses_permission_sdk_23.append([
+                        self.get_value_from_tag(uses_permission, "name"),
+                        self._get_permission_maxsdk(uses_permission)
+                    ])
+
                 # getting details of the declared permissions
                 for d_perm_item in self.find_tags('permission'):
                     d_perm_name = self._get_res_string_value(
@@ -439,7 +447,7 @@ def _get_permission_maxsdk(self, item):
         try:
             maxSdkVersion = int(self.get_value_from_tag(item, "maxSdkVersion"))
         except ValueError:
-            log.warning(self.get_max_sdk_version() + 'is not a valid value for <uses-permission> maxSdkVersion')
+            log.warning(f"{self.get_max_sdk_version()} is not a valid value for <{item.tag}> maxSdkVersion")
         except TypeError:
             pass
         return maxSdkVersion
@@ -1206,7 +1214,7 @@ def get_uses_implied_permission_list(self):
         if (WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in self.permissions or implied_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) \
            and READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE not in self.permissions:
             maxSdkVersion = None
-            for name, version in self.uses_permissions:
+            for name, version in self.uses_permissions + self.uses_permission_sdk_23:
                 if name == WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE:
                     maxSdkVersion = version
                     break
diff --git a/pyaxmlparser/stringblock.py b/pyaxmlparser/stringblock.py
index 3a008f4..5a89774 100644
--- a/pyaxmlparser/stringblock.py
+++ b/pyaxmlparser/stringblock.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def getString(self, idx):
         if idx in self._cache:
             return self._cache[idx]
 
-        if idx < 0 or not self.m_stringOffsets or idx > self.stringCount:
+        if idx < 0 or not self.m_stringOffsets or idx >= self.stringCount:
             return ""
 
         offset = self.m_stringOffsets[idx]