How to get Uri of res folder?

Question

I am trying to get the Uri of an image I have in the drawable folder. I tried many possible ways but nothing seems to work. Can anyone suggest me how to get the Uri of res folder. Any help is much appreciated.

Answer 1

Well, it's actually quite easy. a base URI for a resource in your package would be something like the following possibilities:

android.resource://[package]/[resource_id]
android.resource://[package]/[res type]/[res name]

So the following would be managable.

String pkgName = getApplicationContext().getPackageName();
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://"+pkgName+"/" + R.drawable.icon);
Uri otherPath = Uri.parse("android.resource://"+pkgName+"/drawable/icon");

You can find more about this at http://androidbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/referring-to-android-resources-using.html