I found a solution to this -- sorry I should have dug a little first. For others, here is what i did:
The key is not to use getresources().getDrawable, but getResources().getIdentifier. That is what allows you to find the integer identifier of a resource by name. Here's my code: ... getResources().getIdentifier(TeamArray[position], "drawable", "com.nextgenfantasy.grid[i.e. your package name]")); Also, yes R.drawable.Ind is an integer, but that doesn't do it because the Ind part is variable, I don't always know it will be Ind that I want. On Sep 14, 11:48 am, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > "R.drawable.Ind" is an integer. > > On Sep 14, 10:24 am, nextgen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for this, it gives me a possible solution. Unfortunately > > getDrawable will only take an integer as an input, which really > > defeats the simplicity of solution I'm looking for. I can set about > > assigning integers to each team, but I'm not sure that would even do > > it because I'm not sure about the nature of the integer it wants. > > Here is the description I see in Eclipse: > > > "The desired resource identifier, as generated by the aapt tool. This > > integer encodes the package, type, and resource entry. The value 0 is > > an invalid identifier." > > > Unfortunately I don't understand that. I'm relatively new to android > > and java. Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks! > > > On Sep 14, 3:34 am, KANTESH BABANNAVAR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think it may help you.. > > > > getresources().getDrawable(TeamArray[position]); > > > > Where TeamArray[position] = { > > > R.drawable.drawable1, > > > R.drawable.drawable2, > > > . > > > . > > > R.drawable.drawableN, > > > > } > > > > These links may help > > > you..http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-gridview....... > > > > On Sep 14, 8:49 am, nextgen <[email protected]> wrote:> I am > > > doing an app related to football. I have a list view that will > > > > have various rows representing teams. In my custom array adapter I > > > > want to write some code that will present an icon for the team > > > > represented by the row. I have a drawable resource for each team (for > > > > instance for Indianapolis, Ind.png). > > > > > In my code I can't refer to "R.drawable.Ind" because the Ind part is > > > > dynamic. That value would be in an array, like TeamArray[position]. > > > > As I expected, I certainly can't use R.drawable.TeamArray[position] > > > > because it won't even compile, it expects a literal name from the > > > > drawable folder. > > > > > Is there a way to do this?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
