Android ImageView setImageResource in code

Question

I have an imageView that I want to display a little icon of the country that you are currently in. I can get the country code, but problem is I can't dynamically change the imageView resource. My image files are all lowercase (Example: country code=US, image file=us)

My code (countryCode is the current countryCode in uppercase letters):

String lowerCountryCode = countryCode.toLowerCase();
String resource = "R.drawable." + lowerCountryCode;
img.setImageResource(resource);

Now, of course this will not work because setImageResource wants an int, so how can I do this?

Answer 1

One easy way to map that country name that you have to an int to be used in the setImageResource method is:

int id = getResources().getIdentifier(lowerCountryCode, "drawable", getPackageName());
setImageResource(id);

But you should really try to use different folders resources for the countries that you want to support.

Answer 2

This is how to set an image into ImageView using the setImageResource() method:

ImageView myImageView = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.img_play);
// supossing to have an image called ic_play inside my drawables.
myImageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_play);

Answer 3

you use that code

ImageView[] ivCard = new ImageView[1];

@override    
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)  

ivCard[0]=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1);

Answer 4

You can use this code:

// Create an array that matches any country to its id (as String):
String[][] countriesId = new String[NUMBER_OF_COUNTRIES_SUPPORTED][];

// Initialize the array, where the first column will be the country's name (in uppercase) and the second column will be its id (as String):
countriesId[0] = new String[] {"US", String.valueOf(R.drawable.us)};
countriesId[1] = new String[] {"FR", String.valueOf(R.drawable.fr)};
// and so on...

// And after you get the variable "countryCode":
int i;
for(i = 0; i<countriesId.length; i++) {
   if(countriesId[i][0].equals(countryCode))
      break;
}
// Now "i" is the index of the country

img.setImageResource(Integer.parseInt(countriesId[i][1]));

Answer 5

you may try this:-

myImgView.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.image_name));