Hello there, I'm trying to code a simple pong game and the only problem I seem to be running into is when I try to draw the items it always seems to be directing me to some randomly generated file instead of the drawable directory. I'm new to programming so you might have to talk to me like a kid .I'm taking from the example of the LunarLander sample. Thanks!

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Resources res = gContext.getResources();
         
          gBall = context.getResources().getDrawable(
                    R.drawable.ball);
         gBar = context.getResources().getDrawable(
               R.drawable.bar);
         
         gBackground = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res,
               R.drawable.pics.background);
         
         gPongWidth = gBar.getIntrinsicWidth();
            gPongHeight = gBar.getIntrinsicHeight();

Maybe i don't understand the question, but here goes:

I don't know what gContext and context are, but you have a Resource "res" from gContext, and get the drawables from 'context' ?

So if we make this a really simple case, lets say you only have one activity, and this is all done in the onCreate of that activity, you should be able to do this:
* you have a file "myfile.png" in your drawable dir
* call

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Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.myfile);
//do something with d. like draw it on the canvas


* ....
* profit!

Is the "randomly generated file" from when you're debugging? If so, that is usually because there is an error in your code.