Application.Current changes when using reflection to create an instance of another Application class

Question

Let's say I have the following Silverlight Applications:

1. App1.xap
2. App2.xap
3. App3.xap

Let's say that I start App1.xap as the default xap file. If I load App2.xap and App3.xap and instantiate an Application class within one of the other two XAPs. The Application.Current changes to be that new instance.

System.Windows.Application obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as System.Windows.Application;

I don't want the current application to change. I just want to get the merged Resource Dictionaries off the Application class.

Answer 1

Would it not be simpler to just share the resource dictionaries and then compile the resources into each xap file? It seems this approach makes it a lot more complicated than it requires it to be.