Page layouts through apex

Question

How could I query page layouts and its fields for the specified object?

Is it possible to query?

Example : for account object : Account layout and field in the layout.

Answer 1

There are two ways:-

1. Using Metadata API:- You can get page layouts by Metadata API by defining the Object and Page layout name in package.xml

2. Using Tooling API:- Tooling API has object named "Layout" which can be queried.

There is no way to query the Layouts by SOQL in Apex.