Resource ID of drawable

Question

I was able to get the list of installed application's name in a listview but I'm having problem adding their icons. I have created a new xml layout and included an imageview.

I'm using the following to retrieve the icons

appInfo.icon = p.applicationInfo.loadIcon(getPackageManager());

To load the application info I was using a

HashMap<String,String>.

It is my understanding that I could use a

HashMap<String,Integer>

then just send the drawable Resource ID to the Imageview and it would work.

How can I get the Resource Id of a drawable object?

[This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8547313/752320) shows how to get the icon for a given package name. — Geobits, Dec 18 '12 at 02:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Getting a int of a drawable in your app:

int yourInt = getResources().getIdentifier(fileName, "drawable", getPackageName());

Getting an icon from another app:

Android - How to get an icon of an app?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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answered Dec 18 '12 at 00:36

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How do I get fileName of the Icon? – user643097 Dec 18 '12 at 02:13
Oh sorry misread your question, Ill update my answer later since you want icon of other app. – logray Dec 18 '12 at 02:29
not what I was asking but led to a link that solved it by using pm.getApplicationInfo(pkg, 0); – user643097 Dec 19 '12 at 01:17

Resource ID of drawable

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