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Asked: 2026-05-11T22:23:09+00:00

In the Android SDK documentation, all of the examples used with the @drawable/my_image xml

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In the Android SDK documentation, all of the examples used with the @drawable/my_image xml syntax directly address images that are stored in the res/drawable directory in my project.

I am wondering if it is explicitly not okay to create a sub directory within the drawable directory.

For example, if I had the following directory layout:

res/drawable
-- sandwiches
  -- tunaOnRye.png
  -- hamAndSwiss.png
-- drinks
  -- coldOne.png
  -- hotTea.png

Could I reference the image of a tuna salad sandwich as @drawable/sandwiches/tunaOnRye

Or do I have to keep the hierarchy flat in the drawable directory.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, the resources mechanism doesn’t support subfolders in the drawable directory, so yes – you need to keep that hierarchy flat.

    The directory layout you showed would result in none of the images being available.

    From my own experiments it seems that having a subfolder with any items in it, within the res/drawable folder, will cause the resource compiler to fail — preventing the R.java file from being generated correctly.

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