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Android

Matthew Francis
Matthew Francis
6,967 Points
Posted by Matthew Francis
Matthew Francis
6,967 Points

When to use getResource()?

From this post:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7788390/when-and-why-should-one-use-getresources

It states that you should getResource() for accesing the methods in Resource.class

However, why can you do:

getString(R.id.whateverName)? getString is inside the Resource.class, it dosent make sense.

When you try to get a drawable file, you need to do:

getResource.getDrawable(R.id.whateverPic)

Why dosent it work when you remove getResource()?

1 Answer

J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points
J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points

I'm not on a computer with Android Studio so I can't check it out, but I think this is just because getString() is not ambiguous like getDrawable(). There's an ImageView.getDrawable() and a Resources.getDrawable().

Note: Resources.getDrawable() is now deprecated. See this post: Android getResources().getDrawable() deprecated API 22.