Creating a Drawable Reference From a Path String

forcery · by **forcery** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:29 pm

I'm trying to use [font=Courier New]Drawable.createFromPath(String path)[/font] to create a [font=Courier New]Drawable[/font] object to basically wrap an image I have so I can pass it to other methods. Let's call the image [font=Courier New]foo.png[/font], and yes it is in [font=Courier New]res/drawable[/font]. My question then is if this is the setup, exactly what string ought I to pass to [font=Courier New]Drawable.createFromPath[/font] to reference [font=Courier New]foo.png[/font]? This may seem like a trivial question, but I've tried a multitude of intuitive ways of describing the file with a string, and [font=Courier New]createFromPath[/font] just keeps on returning [font=Courier New]null[/font], which is of no use. I haven't been able to find much documentation for this method, so any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.

forcery · by **forcery** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:24 pm

Well, I didn't figure out the problem I posted, but I did find a workaround. I was basically trying to get a Drawable from a String, and I found the solution elsewhere on this forum. See: viewtopic.php?p=17846 for anyone who runs into similar problems.

nmc · by **nmc** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:56 pm

Hm, how about

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BitmapFactory.decodeResource(context.getResources(), R.drawable.foo);
 
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lapusan · by **lapusan** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:50 am

try
Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.imageId)

Creating a Drawable Reference From a Path String

Creating a Drawable Reference From a Path String

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