Storing R.drawable IDs in XML array
You use a typed array in arrays.xml
file within your /res/values
folder that looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources> <integer-array name="random_imgs"> <item>@drawable/car_01</item> <item>@drawable/balloon_random_02</item> <item>@drawable/dog_03</item> </integer-array></resources>
Then in your activity, access them like so:
TypedArray imgs = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.random_imgs);// get resource ID by index, use 0 as default to set null resourceimgs.getResourceId(i, 0)// or set you ImageView's resource to the idmImgView1.setImageResource(imgs.getResourceId(i, 0));// recycle the arrayimgs.recycle();
In the value
folder create xml
file name it arrays.xml
add the data to it in this way
<integer-array name="your_array_name"> <item>@drawable/1</item> <item>@drawable/2</item> <item>@drawable/3</item> <item>@drawable/4</item></integer-array>
Then obtain it to your code this way
private TypedArray img;img = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.your_array_name);
Then to use a Drawable
of these in the img
TypedArray
for example as an ImageView
background
use the following code
ImageView.setBackgroundResource(img.getResourceId(index, defaultValue));
where index
is the Drawable
index.defaultValue
is a value you give if there is no item at this index
For more information about TypedArray
visit this linkhttp://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/TypedArray.html
You can use this to create an array of other resources, such as drawables. Note that the array is not required to be homogeneous, so you can create an array of mixed resource types, but you must be aware of what and where the data types are in the array.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources> <array name="icons"> <item>@drawable/home</item> <item>@drawable/settings</item> <item>@drawable/logout</item> </array> <array name="colors"> <item>#FFFF0000</item> <item>#FF00FF00</item> <item>#FF0000FF</item> </array></resources>
And obtain the resources in your activity like this
Resources res = getResources();TypedArray icons = res.obtainTypedArray(R.array.icons);Drawable drawable = icons.getDrawable(0);TypedArray colors = res.obtainTypedArray(R.array.colors);int color = colors.getColor(0,0);
Enjoy!!!!!