user6264840
user6264840

Reputation:

How to get image name from Drawable Object?

Somehow I have Drawable image from Drawable folder like as

Drawable thumb = mContext.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image_name);

i try like this

String image_name =thumb.getCurrent().toString();

But my need image name that means image_name from thumb;

How it is possible?

Any suggestion, comment, consults; provide useful links are highly appreciate. Advance Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7915

Answers (2)

Pavya
Pavya

Reputation: 6025

String name = getResources().getResourceEntryName(R.drawable.image_name);
Log.e("name", name);

or

String resName = getResourceNameFromClassByID(R.drawable.class, 
R.drawable.image_name);
Log.e("name", resName);

public String getResourceNameFromClassByID(Class<?> aClass, int resourceID)
            throws IllegalArgumentException {
        Field[] drawableFields = aClass.getFields();

        for (Field f : drawableFields) {
            try {

                if (resourceID == f.getInt(null))
                    return f.getName(); // Return the name.
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }

Upvotes: 0

Kakumanu siva krishna
Kakumanu siva krishna

Reputation: 714

You can try like this:

int imageid = getResources().getIdentifier("image_name", "drawable", getPackageName());
String imageName = getResources().getResourceName(imageid);

Upvotes: 8

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