File not found: data\image.png (Internal)

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@Override
public void create() {        
    batch = new SpriteBatch();
    texture = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("data/image.png"));
    sprite = new Sprite(texture);
}

Heres the main code to it. I believe I have linked the Android and the Desktop Assets folder but it still give me the error. I must have done something wrong but I don't know what. The image is located in C:\Users\Dakota Pederson\Desktop\Slingshot Steve\android\assets

Below is the full error:

Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: Couldn't         load file: data/image.png
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap.<init>(Pixmap.java:140)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.FileTextureData.prepare(FileTextureData.java:64)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture.load(Texture.java:130)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture.<init>(Texture.java:121)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture.<init>(Texture.java:100)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Texture.<init>(Texture.java:92)
at com.dakotapederson.slingshotsteve.SlingshotSteve.create(SlingshotSteve.java:18)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:136)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:114)
Caused by: com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException: File not found: data\image.png (Internal)
at com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle.read(FileHandle.java:136)
at com.badlogic.gdx.files.FileHandle.readBytes(FileHandle.java:220)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap.<init>(Pixmap.java:137)
... 8 more

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

Try Gdx.files.local() to load your file, instead of Gdx.files.internal(), as the "internal" files are read out of the (compressed) APK and may not be "visible" like a normal file. (This depends a lot on what the code you're passing a pathname to wants to do with it.)

For a libGDX FileHandle file object use file.file() to pass a File handle, instead of file.path() to pass a String that might get misinterpreted.

For a libGDX FileHandle file use file.read() to pass an InputStream directly to the consumer (instead of passing a string or file handle and expecting them to open it).

A libGDX "internal" file maps to an Android AssetManager file, so they can be a bit wonky in some cases. Specifically, they may be compressed and stored within a .jar or .apk and not visible to traditional file reading functions.

File not found: data\image.png (Internal)

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