Where do I put the image resource file? BitmapFactory.decodeFile()

Question

I am trying to use this:

BitmapFactory.decodeFile("logo.jpg")

and I don't seem to have the file: logo.jpg in the right place in comparison to my apk. where should it go?

P.S. the error I get is: enter image description here

Edit

I now am using this: >BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getActivity().getResources(),"logo.jpg")

and am now getting a compiler error that says:

The method getActivity() is undefined for the type Brick (Brick is the name of the class)

I don't care which solution works as long as one of them does

well in an attempt to get lucky Ive put a copy several places ;). In bin and bin\res and bin\res\drawable-hdpi and bin\res\drawable-mdpi and and bin\res\drawable-xhdpi and and bin\res\drawable-xxhdpi — jth41, Apr 11 '13 at 02:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 02:43

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Where would you like to put your "logo.jpg" file?

If you would like to put it in the drawable folder, then use:

BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.logo);

If you would like to put it somewhere on your device's memory, then use:
```
BitmapFactory.decodeResource("/sdcard/logo.jpg");
```

And here's some guide to help you start: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.html

answered Apr 11 '13 at 02:43

Hanny Udayana

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when I try the getResources() I get an error saying: getResources() is undefined. is there a specific using I need? – jth41 Apr 11 '13 at 02:52
Try `getActivity().getResources()` – Hanny Udayana Apr 11 '13 at 03:15
same thing except getActivity is undefined now – jth41 Apr 11 '13 at 03:38
Well, it may bother you for a minute, but can you post your code? It might be helpful. – Hanny Udayana Apr 11 '13 at 05:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

I think what you are trying to do is to put an JPG file into your project and load via Java code, is that correct.

If so, you'll need to put your logo.jpg into your assets folder,

and load it using the similar method as this SO answer stated:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8502231/763459

For your convenience I pasted the code as below:

InputStream bitmap=null;

try {
    bitmap=getAssets().open("logo.png");
    Bitmap bit=BitmapFactory.decodeStream(bitmap);
    img.setImageBitmap(bit);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    if(bitmap!=null)
    bitmap.close();
}

Where do I put the image resource file? BitmapFactory.decodeFile()

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