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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Hooking Up the Model to the View Setting the Weather Icon

Soumitra Mehrotra
Soumitra Mehrotra
337 Points
Posted by Soumitra Mehrotra
Soumitra Mehrotra
337 Points

why did we use Drawable drawable=getResources().getDrawable(mcurrentWeather.getIconId());

we could have used mImageIconView.setImageResource(mCurrentWeather.getIconId()); this method accepts int resid, why dis we opt for Drawable?? any specific reason. And since we are in the context now, why are we even using getResources() ???

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Ben Deitch
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Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Nope, no specific reason. If you've found a shorter way to write it, go for it :)