diff --git a/platform/platform.cpp b/platform/platform.cpp
index 2eabee06c5..d8fd6f1030 100644
--- a/platform/platform.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform.cpp
@@ -6,22 +6,26 @@
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
 
 
-string Platform::ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const
+string Platform::ReadPathForFile(string const & file, char const * searchScope) const
 {
-  string fullPath = m_writableDir + file;
-  if (!IsFileExistsByFullPath(fullPath))
+  ASSERT(searchScope, ());
+
+  string const strScope(searchScope);
+  string fullPath;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < strScope.size(); ++i)
   {
-    fullPath = m_resourcesDir + file;
-    if (!IsFileExistsByFullPath(fullPath))
+    switch (strScope[i])
     {
-      // default behaviour - assume that we have full path here
-      if (!IsFileExistsByFullPath(file))
-        MYTHROW(FileAbsentException, ("File doesn't exist", file));
-      else
-        return file;
+    case 'w': fullPath = m_writableDir + file; break;
+    case 'r': fullPath = m_resourcesDir + file; break;
+    case 'f': fullPath = file; break;
+    default : CHECK(false, ("Unsupported searchScope:", searchScope)); break;
     }
+    if (IsFileExistsByFullPath(fullPath))
+      return fullPath;
   }
-  return fullPath;
+
+  MYTHROW(FileAbsentException, ("File", file, "doesn't exist in the scope", searchScope));
 }
 
 string Platform::HashUniqueID(string const & s)
diff --git a/platform/platform.hpp b/platform/platform.hpp
index 9c24c7e92d..ec7399edc1 100644
--- a/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ protected:
 
   /// Internal function to get full path for input file.
   /// Uses m_writeableDir and m_resourcesDir.
-  string ReadPathForFile(string const & file) const;
+  string ReadPathForFile(string const & file, char const * searchScope) const;
 
   /// Hash some unique string into uniform format.
   static string HashUniqueID(string const & s);
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ public:
 
   /// @return reader for file decriptor.
   /// @throws FileAbsentException
-  /// @param[in] file descriptor which we want to read
-  ModelReader * GetReader(string const & file) const;
+  /// @param[in] file name or full path which we want to read, don't forget to free memory or wrap it to ReaderPtr
+  /// @param[in] searchScope looks for file in dirs in given order: [w]ritable, [r]esources, by [f]ull path
+  /// @TODO add [e]xternal resource scope for Android (obb support)
+  ModelReader * GetReader(string const & file, char const * searchScope = "wrf") const;
 
   /// @name File operations
   //@{
diff --git a/platform/platform_android.cpp b/platform/platform_android.cpp
index f7c1734305..b038dd5e65 100644
--- a/platform/platform_android.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_android.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,25 @@ public:
 
 }
 
-ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file) const
+ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file, char const * searchScope) const
 {
+  // @TODO now we handle only two specific cases needed to release guides ads
+  string const strScope(searchScope);
+  if (strScope == "w")
+  {
+    string const path = m_writableDir + file;
+    if (IsFileExistsByFullPath(path))
+      return new FileReader(path, READER_CHUNK_LOG_SIZE, READER_CHUNK_LOG_COUNT);
+    MYTHROW(FileAbsentException, ("File not found", file));
+  }
+  else if (strScope == "r")
+  {
+    return new ZipFileReader(m_resourcesDir, "assets/" + file);
+  }
+  // @TODO refactor code below and some other parts too, like fonts and maps detection and loading,
+  // as it can be done much better
+
+
   SourceT sources[4];
   size_t const n = GetSearchSources(file, sources);
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_ios.mm b/platform/platform_ios.mm
index 13f6b2364b..696e05653f 100644
--- a/platform/platform_ios.mm
+++ b/platform/platform_ios.mm
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool Platform::GetFileSizeByName(string const & fileName, uint64_t & size) const
 {
   try
   {
-    return GetFileSizeByFullPath(ReadPathForFile(fileName), size);
+    return GetFileSizeByFullPath(ReadPathForFile(fileName, "wr"), size);
   }
   catch (RootException const &)
   {
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ bool Platform::GetFileSizeByName(string const & fileName, uint64_t & size) const
   }
 }
 
-ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file) const
+ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file, char const * searchScope) const
 {
-  return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(file),
+  return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(file, searchScope),
                         READER_CHUNK_LOG_SIZE, READER_CHUNK_LOG_COUNT);
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform_qt.cpp b/platform/platform_qt.cpp
index 4e6d202245..e01b725cf8 100644
--- a/platform/platform_qt.cpp
+++ b/platform/platform_qt.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 
 
-ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file) const
+ModelReader * Platform::GetReader(string const & file, char const * searchScope) const
 {
-  return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(file),
+  return new FileReader(ReadPathForFile(file, searchScope),
                         READER_CHUNK_LOG_SIZE, READER_CHUNK_LOG_COUNT);
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bool Platform::GetFileSizeByName(string const & fileName, uint64_t & size) const
 {
   try
   {
-    return GetFileSizeByFullPath(ReadPathForFile(fileName), size);
+    return GetFileSizeByFullPath(ReadPathForFile(fileName, "wr"), size);
   }
   catch (RootException const &)
   {