diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLTableBlockEncoder.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLTableBlockEncoder.java
index beddb9d5a..5da54b179 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLTableBlockEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/apk/xmlencoder/XMLTableBlockEncoder.java
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ private void encodeValues(List<File> pubXmlFileList) throws IOException, XmlPull
             filePathEncoder.encodePackageResDir(packageBlock, resDir);
 
             packageBlock.sortTypes();
-            packageBlock.refresh();
         }
     }
     private void encodeResDir(PackageBlock packageBlock, File resDir) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/chunk/TypeBlock.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/chunk/TypeBlock.java
index 645f42973..566871042 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/chunk/TypeBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/chunk/TypeBlock.java
@@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ public SpecTypePair getParentSpecTypePair() {
         return getParent(SpecTypePair.class);
     }
     public Entry getOrCreateDefinedEntry(String name) {
-        Entry entry = getEntry(name);
-        if (entry != null) {
-            return entry;
-        }
         PackageBlock packageBlock = getPackageBlock();
         if (packageBlock == null) {
             return null;
@@ -200,6 +196,21 @@ public Entry getOrCreateDefinedEntry(String name) {
         if (id == 0) {
             return null;
         }
+        Entry entry = getEntry(id & 0xffff);
+        if (entry != null) {
+            String entryName = entry.getName();
+            if (name.equals(entryName)) {
+                return entry;
+            }
+            if (entryName != null && !entry.isNull()) {
+                // The defined id holds a different name; fall back to
+                // scanning this type block by name.
+                Entry existing = getEntry(name);
+                if (existing != null) {
+                    return existing;
+                }
+            }
+        }
         SpecStringPool stringPool = packageBlock.getSpecStringPool();
         SpecString specString = stringPool.getOrCreate(name);
         entry = getOrCreateEntry(id & 0xffff);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/container/BlockList.java b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/container/BlockList.java
index 964ee0cda..8fe84a96d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/container/BlockList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/reandroid/arsc/container/BlockList.java
@@ -198,19 +198,10 @@ public void destroy() {
         onChanged();
     }
     public boolean sort(Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
-        if (size() < 2) {
+        if (!needsSort(comparator)) {
             return false;
         }
-        boolean sorted = mItems.sort(comparator, (i, j) -> {
-            T item1 = get(i);
-            T item2 = get(j);
-            if (item1 != null) {
-                item1.setIndex(i);
-            }
-            if (item2 != null) {
-                item2.setIndex(j);
-            }
-        });
+        boolean sorted = mItems.sortItems(comparator);
         if (sorted) {
             updateIndex();
         }