String array with drawable values to int array

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I am building an Andorid application. I have this String array which contains the values for the image files:

String[] stringArray = new String[]{ "R.drawable.image1", "R.drawable.image2 ", "R.drawable.image3", "R.drawable.image4"};

Is is it possible to convert the stringArray to something like that, if yes h so the Android app can read the resource values properly ? If yes then how ?

int[] intArray = new int[]{R.drawable.image1, R.drawable.image2, R.drawable.image3, R.drawable.image4};

Not only **it's possible**, but **it really should be** like that. Because R ids are stored as **int**s, not as strings. — Phantômaxx, Mar 17 '15 at 15:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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you can get the identifiers if you know the resource type. Maybe just tokenize the string and get the type, then call one of theese methods answered here: How to get a resource id with a known resource name?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Mar 17 '15 at 16:54

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