Question

I have an array of int. Those integers are the resource id’s for the pictures:

final int flags[] = new int[] { R.drawable.argentina, R.drawable.austria ... }

and a String that holds the name of the image resource:

String flag = "R.drawable.argentina";

How can I easy check whether flag String is in flags array or not?

When I retrieve a value from the array and assign it the variable for example:

int flag = flag[0];

This flag variable will hold some integer like 2130837665 which is obvious.
How can I retrieve exact name from this array as a String that way I can compare it to the flag String?

Answer 1

You can get the name of the resource by using

   String name = getResources().getResourceEntryName(flag]);

This gives name only, argentina in your case

You can get the type by

String type = getResources().getResourceTypeName(flag);

This will return drawable in your case. So you can find whether the id corresponds to the string