android how to get view's ID from name

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How can i get the resource id of an image if I know its name?

hi i want to get the id of an image,i could do this,

int id = R.layout.imagename

then i could do this

imageView.setImageResource(id)

but my question is how to get the id if i know the imagename changes at run time, so on this case how can i make R.layout."imagename" ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3042961/how-can-i-get-the-resource-id-of-an-image-if-i-know-its-name — Georgy Gobozov, Dec 07 '12 at 18:21
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3476430/how-to-get-a-resource-id-with-a-known-ressource-name — Ali Imran, Dec 07 '12 at 18:34
@GeorgyGobozov your comment helps me , would you write it as an answer to accept please, thank you — William Kinaan, Dec 07 '12 at 18:36
this line will help `int drawableResourceId = this.getResources().getIdentifier("nameOfDrawable", "drawable", this.getPackageName());` — Ali Imran, Dec 07 '12 at 18:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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I just copied Francesco's answer, I hope you will up vote his answer

String mDrawableName = "myappicon";
int resID = getResources().getIdentifier(mDrawableName , "drawable", getPackageName());

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Dec 07 '12 at 18:42

Georgy Gobozov

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