Question

I used the code from this answer, and compiled everything successfully.

However, I cannot find out how to use the drawable that I have just created. Here is my code:

Drawable dr2 = getResources().getDrawable(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_manage);
Bitmap bitmap2 = ((BitmapDrawable) dr2).getBitmap();
Drawable f = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap2, 256, 256, true));

private Integer[] menu_icon = {
    android.R.drawable.f,
    // I can't figure out how to call Drawable f
};

After converting the drawable to the Drawable f, I am unable to find out how to recall the resized drawable. I have tried using all possible locations in my code as to where it may be (/res/drawable and a few other locations). However, I am unable to compile no matter how I try to call Drawable f. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

(And no, I have eight elements in that array, but only copy+pasted one)

Answer 1

It exists only in memory, not anywhere on disk. You can’t reference it by id. Instead, you need to call versions of functions that take a Drawable rather than ones that take an int resourceID.