Question

For a resource URI The format is:

“android.resource://[package]/[res id]”

[package] is your package name

[res id] is value of the resource ID, e.g. R.drawable.sample_1

However – what would I use for the package for a platform resource. For example, I would like the URI for the platform resource which is the favourited star.

Thanks a lot,

Answer 1

The package name for the platform resources is "android", so the URI for e.g. the star_big_on Android platform drawable is "android.resource://android/" + android.R.drawable.star_big_on.

Here’s the code for an Activity that displays that URI in an ImageView:

package com.example.android;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class ExampleActivity extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Setup an ImageView to display the resource URI with
        ImageView v = new ImageView(this);
        setContentView(v);

        // Set the URI to an Android platform resource
        Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://android/" + android.R.drawable.star_big_on);
        v.setImageURI(uri);
    }
}

Running the Activity will look something like this: