How can I get a resource by name based on a string variable?

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I want to do

String childImg = "childIcon";
textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(R.drawable.????, 0, 0, 0);

it's expecting an int but i have a string. how do i work around this?

possible duplicate of [Android, getting resource ID from string?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4427608/android-getting-resource-id-from-string) — kabuko, May 31 '12 at 21:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '12 at 21:09

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I use this to get drawable id

getResources().getIdentifier(childImg, "drawable", getPackageName())

answered May 31 '12 at 21:09

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 31 '12 at 20:49

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use getIdentifier()

int id = getResources().getIdentifier("name_of_resource", "id", getPackageName());

edited May 31 '12 at 20:49

Juan Cortés

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answered May 31 '12 at 20:44

seba123neo

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does not work for some reason. the image just doesn't come up – 124697 May 31 '12 at 21:05
posible solution http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4427608/android-getting-resource-id-from-string – seba123neo May 31 '12 at 21:22

waqaslam · Answer 3 · 2012-05-31T21:29:18.633

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Do it like this:

String childImg = "childIcon";
int id = getResources().getIdentifier(childImg, "drawable", getPackageName())
textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(id, 0, 0, 0);

edited May 31 '12 at 21:29

answered May 31 '12 at 20:46

waqaslam

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yes, a little since it has to loop through all your resource elements to find the correct one. – waqaslam May 31 '12 at 20:50
So it's probably better to have an integer array in a singleton class if you're making many calls...right? – Tushar May 31 '12 at 20:51
yes, indeed. But if you dont have huge list of resource elements then perhaps you may ignore the performance issue – waqaslam May 31 '12 at 20:54
does not work for some reason. the image just doesn't come up – 124697 May 31 '12 at 21:04

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 31 '12 at 20:44

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textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(Resources.getIdentifier(childImg), 0, 0, 0);

answered May 31 '12 at 20:44

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does not work for some reason. the image just doesn't come up – 124697 May 31 '12 at 21:05

How can I get a resource by name based on a string variable?

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