diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeContext.java b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeContext.java
index 7e13bb156bbb6..904f7a3c42ff1 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeContext.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeContext.java
@@ -296,12 +296,17 @@ public final class BridgeContext extends Activity {
 
     public Pair<View, Boolean> inflateView(ResourceReference resource, ViewGroup parent,
             boolean attachToRoot, boolean skipCallbackParser) {
-        String layoutName = resource.getName();
         boolean isPlatformLayout = resource.isFramework();
 
         if (isPlatformLayout == false && skipCallbackParser == false) {
             // check if the project callback can provide us with a custom parser.
-            ILayoutPullParser parser = mProjectCallback.getParser(layoutName);
+            ILayoutPullParser parser;
+            if (resource instanceof ResourceValue) {
+                parser = mProjectCallback.getParser((ResourceValue) resource);
+            } else {
+                parser = mProjectCallback.getParser(resource.getName());
+            }
+
             if (parser != null) {
                 BridgeXmlBlockParser blockParser = new BridgeXmlBlockParser(parser,
                         this, resource.isFramework());
@@ -369,7 +374,7 @@ public final class BridgeContext extends Activity {
         } else {
             Bridge.getLog().error(LayoutLog.TAG_BROKEN,
                     String.format("Layout %s%s does not exist.", isPlatformLayout ? "android:" : "",
-                            layoutName), null);
+                            resource.getName()), null);
         }
 
         return Pair.of(null, false);
diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeResources.java b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeResources.java
index ca44f6e94cf26..d0b90fb25af85 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeResources.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/com/android/layoutlib/bridge/android/BridgeResources.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public final class BridgeResources extends Resources {
             try {
                 // check if the current parser can provide us with a custom parser.
                 if (mPlatformResourceFlag[0] == false) {
-                    parser = mProjectCallback.getParser(value.getName());
+                    parser = mProjectCallback.getParser(value);
                 }
 
                 // create a new one manually if needed.