diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/ApkModuleXmlDecoder.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/ApkModuleXmlDecoder.java
index 4915da3cb..9fd162204 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/ApkModuleXmlDecoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/ApkModuleXmlDecoder.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ private void decodeValues(EntryStore entryStore, File outDir, TypeBlock typeBloc
         xmlDocument.save(file, false);
     }
     private XMLElement decodeValue(EntryStore entryStore, Entry entry){
-        XMLElement element=new XMLElement(entry.getTypeName());
+        XMLElement element=new XMLElement(XmlHelper.toXMLTagName(entry.getTypeName()));
         int resourceId= entry.getResourceId();
         XMLAttribute attribute=new XMLAttribute("name", entry.getName());
         element.addAttribute(attribute);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/XmlHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/XmlHelper.java
index bf38694a2..c519da20d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/XmlHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/XmlHelper.java
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ public static void setTextContent(XMLElement element, StringItem stringItem){
             element.setSpannableText(stringItem.getXml());
         }
     }
+    public static String toXMLTagName(String typeName){
+        // e.g ^attr-private
+        if(typeName.length()>0 && typeName.charAt(0)=='^'){
+            typeName = typeName.substring(1);
+        }
+        return typeName;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeMaterials.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeMaterials.java
index e13152db4..d92794e1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeMaterials.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeMaterials.java
@@ -50,8 +50,16 @@ public SpecString getSpecString(String name){
                  .get(0);
      }
      public Entry getAttributeBlock(String refString){
-         String packageName = null;
          String type = "attr";
+         Entry entry = getAttributeBlock(type, refString);
+         if(entry == null){
+             type = "^attr-private";
+             entry = getAttributeBlock(type, refString);
+         }
+         return entry;
+     }
+     private Entry getAttributeBlock(String type, String refString){
+         String packageName = null;
          String name = refString;
          int i=refString.lastIndexOf(':');
          if(i>=0){
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeUtil.java
index b6b3e0a23..278a3a33d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/EncodeUtil.java
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ public static String getTypeNameFromValuesXml(File valuesXml){
          return name;
      }
      public static String sanitizeType(String type){
+         if(type.startsWith("^attr")){
+             return type;
+         }
          Matcher matcher=PATTERN_TYPE.matcher(type);
          if(!matcher.find()){
              return "";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/ValuesEncoder.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/ValuesEncoder.java
index dc522517b..3d8612bc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/ValuesEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/ValuesEncoder.java
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public ValuesEncoder(EncodeMaterials materials){
         this.commonEncoder=new XMLValuesEncoderCommon(materials);
 
         Map<String, XMLValuesEncoderBag> mapBag=new HashMap<>();
-        mapBag.put("attr", new XMLValuesEncoderAttr(materials));
+        XMLValuesEncoderAttr encoderAttr = new XMLValuesEncoderAttr(materials);
+        mapBag.put("attr", encoderAttr);
+        mapBag.put("^attr-private", encoderAttr);
         mapBag.put("plurals", new XMLValuesEncoderPlurals(materials));
         mapBag.put("array", new XMLValuesEncoderArray(materials));
         mapBag.put("style", new XMLValuesEncoderStyle(materials));
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ private boolean isBag(XMLDocument xmlDocument, String type){
         if(type.startsWith("attr")){
             return true;
         }
+        if(type.startsWith("^attr")){
+            return true;
+        }
         if(type.startsWith("style")){
             return true;
         }
@@ -117,6 +122,9 @@ private String getType(XMLDocument xmlDocument, String def){
         if(type.endsWith("-array")){
             return "array";
         }
+        if(type.startsWith("attr-private")){
+            return "^attr-private";
+        }
         if(type.equals("item")){
             return def;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLValuesEncoderAttr.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLValuesEncoderAttr.java
index 5aafd451c..66b803ca5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLValuesEncoderAttr.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLValuesEncoderAttr.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.reandroid.arsc.array.ResValueMapArray;
 import com.reandroid.arsc.decoder.ValueDecoder;
+import com.reandroid.arsc.value.EntryHeaderMap;
 import com.reandroid.arsc.value.ResTableMapEntry;
 import com.reandroid.arsc.value.ResValueMap;
 import com.reandroid.arsc.value.ValueType;
@@ -42,8 +43,10 @@ int getChildesCount(XMLElement element){
     void encodeChildes(XMLElement parentElement, ResTableMapEntry mapEntry){
         encodeAttributes(parentElement, mapEntry);
         encodeEnumOrFlag(parentElement, mapEntry);
-        // TODO: re-check if this is necessary
-        mapEntry.getHeader().setPublic(true);
+        EntryHeaderMap header = mapEntry.getHeader();
+        boolean is_public = !mapEntry.getParentEntry()
+                .getTypeName().contains("private");
+        header.setPublic(is_public);
     }
     private void encodeAttributes(XMLElement parentElement, ResTableMapEntry mapEntry){
         ResValueMapArray mapArray = mapEntry.getValue();