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In my project I want to download an image from a URL, and I want to share the image through Kik Messenger. The code for sharing the image in Kik Messenger is: 

KikMessage message = new KikMessage("com.kik.myapp.id");
message.setImage(this, R.drawable.something);

So how can I store the image in the drawable folder?

Darshan Rivka Whittle
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  • your apk is read Only you can't save files on it!! save your image on your SDcard – K_Anas Jul 02 '12 at 08:39
  • @K_Anas I'd think internal storage would make more sense than external... – Darshan Rivka Whittle Jul 02 '12 at 09:09
  • A quick search pulled up these two: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3375166/android-drawable-images-from-url http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5469954/android-image-save-to-res-drawable-folder You should post your code, it will help with a solution. – Brain Monkey Jul 02 '12 at 08:29

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Your application resource directory is read-only, so you simply can't do that.

Your best bet is to see if Kik Messenger offers any methods that take a Drawable rather than a resource ID.

Update: I just checked the Kik Messenger docs, and there are indeed two other methods that set the image: setImage(BitmapDrawable) and setImage(File). The simplest option would probably be to save the image to internal storage and attach the file (and then delete it if you won't need it again).

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