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David Palczewski
2,557 PointsAS has ".getDrawable" crossed out. It says it is deprecated.
When declaring the drawable, AS has ".getDrawable" crossed out. It says it is depreciated. Is there a different method to accomplish this for newer APIs? Or should this one be used for compatibility?
4 Answers
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsHello,
You can use ContextCompat's getDrawable from the support library and pass a null in as the second parameter. More info on the deprecation and what to do can be found on this Google+ post here.
Jordan Cox
8,930 PointsHi you make it sound so obvious, but unfortunately I am a NOOB literally copying line for line this lesson with absolutely no skills or knowledge whatsoever. Can you give the correct code please?
Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(mCurrentWeather.getIconId()); mIconImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);
the ".getDrawable" is crossed out with the depreciated message.
Thanks for any help!!
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsChange
Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(mCurrentWeather.getIconId());
to
Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, mCurrentWeather.getIconId());
You're passing this in as the first parameter because it is requiring a context, which if you're in an Activity, the Activity is the context. Once you change that, optimize your imports and it should work. If not, let me know and I can help troubleshoot some more.
Cristian Daniel Marquez Barrios
8,900 PointsMy solution for this was:
Drawable drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), mCurrentWeather.getIconId(), null);
mIconImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsWhich is fine, because you're not looking to import a themed drawable, just the resource itself.
ContextCompat would matter more if you wanted to bring along themed drawables.
Jordan Cox
8,930 PointsOK thank you :) I did try that first from the google doc you posted, but I must have mispelled or done something stupid :) It seems to be working!
I also don't really understand "optimise your imports"? You mean alt+enter?
Thanks again!
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsCtrl + Alt + O
Which optimizes your import statements in one go. In this case though, Alt + Enter also would have worked since it would just fix the one problem.
Jordan Cox
8,930 PointsThanks again! I don't know how to give you some thumbs up or extra credit for being an android genius (like myself ;) ) but let it be known that James Simshaw is the master!
Jordan Cox
8,930 PointsJordan Cox
8,930 PointsHi you make it sound so obvious, but unfortunately I am a NOOB literally copying line for line this lesson with absolutely no skills or knowledge whatsoever. Can you give the correct code please?
Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(mCurrentWeather.getIconId()); mIconImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);
the ".getDrawable" is crossed out with the depreciated message.
Thanks for any help!!