How to set ImageButton property of app:srcCompat="@drawable/pic" programmatically?

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How to set the ImageButton property of

app:srcCompat="@drawable/pic"

programmatically?

Something like myImageButton.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.eng2); but the property of app:srcCompat.

score 173 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '16 at 21:21

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You need to use setImageResource() method.

imageButton.setImageResource(R.drawable.eng2);

answered Jul 05 '16 at 21:21

Prerak Sola

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Same for Kotlin – Ben Mar 14 '21 at 14:32
does that mean that we dont use srcCompat changes on xml? – gumuruh Dec 30 '21 at 10:52

Marcin Orlowski · Answer 2 · 2020-04-08T13:56:07.383

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First, ensure you are dealing with AppCompatImageView, not regular ImageView:

AppCompatImageView iv = (AppCompatImageView)findViewById(....);

and then you can do:

iv.setImageResource(R.drawable.pic);

See other public methods in docs.

edited Apr 08 '20 at 13:56

answered Jul 05 '16 at 21:19

Marcin Orlowski

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I'm using 'ImageButton' with 'app:srcCompat="@drawable/pic"' but setting to 'setImageResource(R.drawable.pic);' works fine. Thank you – Isaac Darlong Jul 05 '16 at 21:25
build tools are probably replacing classes "in fly" – snachmsm Jul 05 '16 at 21:26
hey Marcin, do you know why we need to programmatically change the image instead of giving the path between app:srcCompa="drawable/" – Vitaliy Terziev Nov 23 '16 at 01:58
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I want to add to this answer, I had to use `AppCompatImageButton` instead of `ImageButton`. – Zhang May 02 '17 at 09:51
@Zhang That probably because you the activity where the view was inflated didn't extend AppCompatActivity – Andre Romano Dec 29 '17 at 14:38
@AndreRomano no, my subview was created inside a class which extends relative layout. – Zhang Dec 29 '17 at 15:21

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '18 at 00:43

Using setImageResource() should fetch its resource in a backwards-compatible manner without any further effort required.

However if you are using setImageDrawable(), the ImageView/ImageButton will not help with any backwards compat and it's up to you to supply a backward-compat drawable, which is important for eg. if using VectorDrawables. The following will load and set a drawable in such a way:

val drawable = AppCompatResources.getDrawable(context, resourceId)
image.setImageDrawable(drawable)

For ImageButtons, its working – Kishan Solanki Jun 08 '22 at 08:57 — Kishan Solanki, Jun 08 '22 at 08:57

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 04 '20 at 20:00

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None, of the provided solutions worked for me. I was using an ImageView. Finally, I found out that using setBackgroundResource() works for me.

view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.ic_star_black_18dp)

answered May 04 '20 at 20:00

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 28 '19 at 16:58

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I guess other methods are outdated and wouldn't work at the time of writing this,

iv_yourImageView.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.your_drawable));

This will work.

edited Jan 28 '19 at 16:58

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answered Jun 08 '18 at 17:36

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How to set ImageButton property of app:srcCompat="@drawable/pic" programmatically?

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