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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Pretty Little Things Adding an Image

Posted by c Lye
c Lye
253 Points

Trouble copying Crystalball01.png into eclipse

I get an error message that reads "Cannot import. The source and destination are not the same" Help?

2 Answers

Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points
Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points

Are you dragging it into the right place i.e. drawable-mdpi?
If you are dragging it right into the Graphical layout (activity_main.xml) it might not work.
In the package explorer on the right where all your folders are i.e. res, bin, src gen .. expand res and then expand drawable-mdpi. Now drag and drop your in there with the ic_launcher.png file .
If it still gives an error delete everything in that folder i.e. drawable-mdpi and try dragging an dropping the image again
If it still doesn't work, you can do the old time trick of locating your project in the computer probably in My Documents unless you have changed it, and then copy pasting the image file in the res - > drawable-mdpi folder. Refresh eclipse and you will see your image file to use

c Lye
c Lye
253 Points
c Lye
c Lye
253 Points

Thanks Gunjeet. A restart of Eclipse was all it took. :)