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8 Drawable Resources

The document explains the components of Android applications, focusing on functionality and data resources, particularly drawable resources. It details the types of drawable resources, their usage in layouts, and how to reference them in code. Additionally, it describes the organization of drawable resources within the Android Studio environment.

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8 Drawable Resources

The document explains the components of Android applications, focusing on functionality and data resources, particularly drawable resources. It details the types of drawable resources, their usage in layouts, and how to reference them in code. Additionally, it describes the organization of drawable resources within the Android Studio environment.

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Drawable Resources

Mobile Application
Model
Android resources
• All Android applications are composed of two things:

1. Functionality (code instructions)

• Functionality is the code that determines how your application behaves.

• This includes any algorithms that make the application run.

2. Data (resources)

• Resources include text strings, styles and themes, dimensions, images and
icons, audio files, videos, and other data used by the application.
What are the Android resources?
• Resources are the additional files and static content that your code uses,
such as
• bitmaps
• layout definitions
• user interface strings
• animation instructions
• and more.

• Always externalize app resources such as images and strings from your
code, so that you can maintain them independently.
What is layout resource in Android?
• A layout resource defines the architecture for the UI in an
Activity or a component of a UI.
file location: res/layout/filename.xml
• The filename is used as the resource ID. compiled resource
datatype: Resource pointer to a View (or subclass) resource
resource reference:
In Java: R.layout.filename
What is @+ ID in Android layout?
• @+id is used for defining a resource where as @id is used
for referring the resources which is already defined.

• android:id=”@+id/unique _key” creates a new entry in

• R. java. android: layout _below=”@id/unique _key” refer to


the entry which is already defined in R.
Drawable Resources
• A drawable resource is a general concept for a graphic
that can be drawn to the screen and that you can retrieve
• with APIs such as getDrawable(int) or

• apply to another XML resource


• with attributes such as android:drawable and android:icon.

• There are several types of drawables available in Android


Drawable Resources - examples
• res/drawable/filename.xml
• In Java: R.drawable.filename
• In XML: @[package:]drawable/filename
android:src="@[package:]drawable/drawable_resource"

// Instantiate an ImageView and define its properties


ImageView i = new ImageView(this);
i.setImageResource(R.drawable.my_image);
i.setContentDescription(getResources().getString(R.string.my_image_desc));
Drawable Resources - examples
Resources res = context.getResources();
Drawable myImage = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(res, R.drawable.my_image, null);

<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="@drawable/my_image"
android:contentDescription="@string/my_image_desc" />

<!-- res/drawable/expand_collapse.xml -->


<transition xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/image_expand"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/image_collapse"/>
</transition>
Where is the drawable folder?
• In Android Studio inside the res folder, one can find the
• drawable folder

• layout folder

• mipmap folder

• values folder, etc.

• Among them, the drawable folder contains the different types


of images used for the development of the application.
Drawable Resources – Android Studio

Drawable
Resources
XML in
Android
Studio
Drawable Resources – Android Studio

Drawable
Resources
XML in
Android
Studio
Drawable Resources – Android Studio

Drawable
Resources
XML in
Android
Studio
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