In Android, how do I refer to a specific image under drawable folder if the image I wish to refer to from another activity

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For example, the name of the image is got from the following code

Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
String name = bundle.getString("Name");

And what i would like to do is like

int picId = R.drawable.name;

where name should be replaced by the actual name. How can I do that? Or is there an alternative way so that I could show the picture in ImageView? I tried to put the image in the database which worked, but it makes the database way too large.

Why not passing the integer reference to the drawable using the Bundle, instead of a String ? It would certainly make things a lot easier... — 2Dee, Nov 06 '13 at 13:48
Please check this as well http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19724094/string-value-to-a-varaiable/19724382#19724382 — jagmohan, Nov 06 '13 at 13:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 13:58

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Try this

Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
 String name = bundle.getString("Name");

 int resId = getResources().getIdentifier(name, "drawable", getPackageName());

answered Nov 06 '13 at 13:58

Dinesh Raj

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In Android, how do I refer to a specific image under drawable folder if the image I wish to refer to from another activity

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