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amitkumarusc
amitkumarusc

Reputation: 882

How to find resource id of a file located in /res/raw folder by its filename?

I want to get the resource id of the file located in /res/raw folder by filename. I have tried the following 2 methods but both of them return resource id as 0(zero).

Method 1:

String filename = "abc.txt";
int id = getResources().getIdentifier(filename, "raw", getPackageName());

Method 2:

String filename = "abc.txt";
String fullyQualifiedName = getPackageName() + ":raw/" + filename;
int id = getResources().getIdentifier(fullyQualifiedName, null, null);

If this is not the correct way, then how do we get the resource id by filename located in raw folder in Android.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4193

Answers (1)

Cory Charlton
Cory Charlton

Reputation: 8938

Drop the extension:

String filename = "abc";
int id = getResources().getIdentifier(filename, "raw", getPackageName());

Upvotes: 10

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