diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/DummyResourceManager.cs b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/DummyResourceManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78d197fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/DummyResourceManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) homuler and The Vignette Authors
+// This file is part of MediaPipe.NET.
+// MediaPipe.NET is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using Mediapipe.Net.Util;
+
+namespace Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh
+{
+    public class DummyResourceManager : ResourceManager
+    {
+        public override PathResolver ResolvePath => (path) =>
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"PathResolver: (not) resolving path '{path}'");
+            return path;
+        };
+
+        public unsafe override ResourceProvider ProvideResource => (path) =>
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"ResourceProvider: providing resource '{path}'");
+            byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
+            return bytes;
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Options.cs b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Options.cs
index 1dbe41bb..dd8af3b2 100644
--- a/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Options.cs
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Options.cs
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ public class Options
 
         [Option('h', "height", Default = null, HelpText = "The height of the camera input")]
         public int? Height { get; set; }
+
+        [Option("use-resource-manager", Default = false, HelpText = "Whether to use a resource manager.")]
+        public bool UseResourceManager { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Program.cs b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Program.cs
index 28fe04b2..81dfdbb9 100644
--- a/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Program.cs
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net.Examples.FaceMesh/Program.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using Mediapipe.Net.External;
 using Mediapipe.Net.Framework.Format;
 using Mediapipe.Net.Framework.Protobuf;
+using Mediapipe.Net.Util;
 using SeeShark;
 using SeeShark.Device;
 using SeeShark.FFmpeg;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public static class Program
         private static Camera? camera;
         private static FrameConverter? converter;
         private static FaceMeshCpuCalculator? calculator;
+        private static ResourceManager? resourceManager;
 
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
 
             FFmpegManager.SetupFFmpeg("/usr/lib");
             Glog.Initialize("stuff");
+            if (parsed.UseResourceManager)
+                resourceManager = new DummyResourceManager();
 
             // Get a camera device
             using (CameraManager manager = new CameraManager())
diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net/Native/SafeNativeMethods/Utils/ResourceUtil.cs b/Mediapipe.Net/Native/SafeNativeMethods/Utils/ResourceUtil.cs
index 324a0790..f83c345e 100644
--- a/Mediapipe.Net/Native/SafeNativeMethods/Utils/ResourceUtil.cs
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net/Native/SafeNativeMethods/Utils/ResourceUtil.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ namespace Mediapipe.Net.Native
 {
     internal unsafe partial class SafeNativeMethods : NativeMethods
     {
+        public delegate bool UnsafeResourceProvider(string path, void* output);
+
         [DllImport(MEDIAPIPE_LIBRARY, ExactSpelling = true)]
-        public static extern void mp__SetCustomGlobalResourceProvider__P(
-            ResourceManager.ResourceProvider provider);
+        public static extern void mp__SetCustomGlobalResourceProvider__P(UnsafeResourceProvider provider);
 
         [DllImport(MEDIAPIPE_LIBRARY, ExactSpelling = true)]
         public static extern void mp__SetCustomGlobalPathResolver__P(
diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net/Native/UnsafeNativeMethods/External/Stdlib.cs b/Mediapipe.Net/Native/UnsafeNativeMethods/External/Stdlib.cs
index bbebaf59..262f1055 100644
--- a/Mediapipe.Net/Native/UnsafeNativeMethods/External/Stdlib.cs
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net/Native/UnsafeNativeMethods/External/Stdlib.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ internal unsafe partial class UnsafeNativeMethods : NativeMethods
 
         #region String
         [DllImport(MEDIAPIPE_LIBRARY, ExactSpelling = true)]
-        public static extern void std_string__delete(sbyte* str);
+        public static extern void std_string__delete(void* str);
 
         [DllImport(MEDIAPIPE_LIBRARY, ExactSpelling = true)]
-        public static extern MpReturnCode std_string__PKc_i(byte[] bytes, int size, out sbyte* str);
+        public static extern MpReturnCode std_string__PKc_i(byte[] bytes, int size, out void* str);
 
         [DllImport(MEDIAPIPE_LIBRARY, ExactSpelling = true)]
         public static extern void std_string__swap__Rstr(void* src, void* dst);
diff --git a/Mediapipe.Net/Util/ResourceManager.cs b/Mediapipe.Net/Util/ResourceManager.cs
index c305d332..b77d6af4 100644
--- a/Mediapipe.Net/Util/ResourceManager.cs
+++ b/Mediapipe.Net/Util/ResourceManager.cs
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 // MediaPipe.NET is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.IO;
+using Mediapipe.Net.External;
 using Mediapipe.Net.Native;
 
 namespace Mediapipe.Net.Util
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Class to manage assets that MediaPipe accesses.
+    /// Class to manage MediaPipe resources, such as `.tflite` and `.pbtxt` files that it requests.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// There must not be more than one instance at the same time.
@@ -18,8 +17,19 @@ namespace Mediapipe.Net.Util
     public unsafe abstract class ResourceManager
     {
         public delegate string PathResolver(string path);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resolves a path to a resource name.
+        /// If the resource name returned is different from the path, the <see cref="ResourceProvider" /> delegate will receive the resource name instead of the file path.
+        /// </summary>
         public abstract PathResolver ResolvePath { get; }
-        public delegate bool ResourceProvider(string path, void* output);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads a resource that MediaPipe requests.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">File path or name of the resource.</param>
+        /// <returns>Content of the MediaPipe resource as a byte array.</returns>
+        public delegate byte[] ResourceProvider(string path);
         public abstract ResourceProvider ProvideResource { get; }
 
         private static readonly object initLock = new object();
@@ -33,42 +43,27 @@ public ResourceManager()
                     throw new InvalidOperationException("ResourceManager can be initialized only once");
 
                 SafeNativeMethods.mp__SetCustomGlobalPathResolver__P(ResolvePath);
-                SafeNativeMethods.mp__SetCustomGlobalResourceProvider__P(ProvideResource);
+                SafeNativeMethods.mp__SetCustomGlobalResourceProvider__P(provideResource);
                 isInitialized = true;
             }
         }
 
-        /// <param name="name">Asset name</param>
-        /// <returns>
-        ///   Returns true if <paramref name="name" /> is already prepared (saved locally on the device).
-        /// </returns>
-        public abstract bool IsPrepared(string name);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Saves <paramref name="name" /> as <paramref name="uniqueKey" /> asynchronously.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="overwrite">
-        ///   Specifies whether <paramref name="uniqueKey" /> will be overwritten if it already exists.
-        /// </param>
-        public abstract IEnumerator PrepareAssetAsync(string name, string uniqueKey, bool overwrite = true);
-
-        public IEnumerator PrepareAssetAsync(string name, bool overwrite = true)
-            => PrepareAssetAsync(name, name, overwrite);
-
-        protected static string GetAssetNameFromPath(string assetPath)
+        private bool provideResource(string path, void* output)
         {
-            var assetName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assetPath);
-            var extension = Path.GetExtension(assetPath);
+            try
+            {
+                byte[] bytes = ProvideResource(path);
+
+                StdString strOutput = new StdString(output, isOwner: false);
+                StdString strSpan = new StdString(bytes);
+                strOutput.Swap(strSpan);
 
-            switch (extension)
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                case ".binarypb":
-                case ".tflite":
-                    return $"{assetName}.bytes";
-                case ".pbtxt":
-                    return $"{assetName}.txt";
-                default:
-                    return $"{assetName}{extension}";
+                Glog.Log(Glog.Severity.Error, $"Error while trying to provide resource '{path}': {ex}");
+                return false;
             }
         }
     }