Image in android not getting added to @drawable/

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Hello I am developing an android application in which for a ListView I have to added an image to drawable folder but when I am adding it is giving the error.

This is the folders hierarchy of my project

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This is the image I wanna add arrow.png

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This is the error

[2013-04-03 20:57:37 - FileSharing] res/drawable/arrow.png: Invalid file name: must contain only [a-z0-9_.]

I have changes the file name 10 times according to the conventions but still the error is not going

Have you tried to clean the project, restart Eclipse, refresh the project? — etienne, Apr 03 '13 at 08:59
Please tell me all the possible reasons due to which it is happening if I am not adding the image then it is running fine. — Nikhil Agrawal, Apr 03 '13 at 09:04
You may find arrow is a reserved drawable name. Try calling it myarrow.png for example. — speedynomads, Apr 03 '13 at 09:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Well i think you must not put the image file in drawable folder.

you must chose these folder for putting images for your application

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If you didn't see these folder create these folder inside res . Then clean and rebuild your project .Hope this would help you

Also Keep an eye one the name of images must contain only [a-z0-9_.]

I think the default choice is drawable-mdpi folder

Refer this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Apr 03 '13 at 09:14

edwin

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How does it make difference? – AndroDev Apr 03 '13 at 09:18
drawable/ should work fine, too. You would use the specialized folder if providing different images for different densities – etienne Apr 03 '13 at 09:19
No I wanna keep it there only and according to conventions I am giving correct name and proper conventions – Nikhil Agrawal Apr 03 '13 at 09:26
i think the drawable folder is to keep custom gradient xml files – edwin Apr 03 '13 at 09:28
@edwin yes i closed my eclipse then restarted then kept the files in the folders you mentioned. +1 for your correct answer. – Nikhil Agrawal Apr 14 '13 at 03:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '13 at 09:16

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Clean your project and build again.

Sometimes eclipse behaves wierd.

answered Apr 03 '13 at 09:16

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