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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Finishing the User Interface Review: Adding Story Pages

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What is the alternative for the deprecated getDrawable() function?

In API version 22, the getDrawable() function of android.content.res.Resources is now deprecated. What is the correct way to set an image view now?

My current code:

Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(mCurrentPage.getImageId());
mImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);

2 Answers

Benjamin Dahlhoff
Benjamin Dahlhoff
4,484 Points

In the interactive story app you can use this code:

// Old:
// Drawable drawable = getResources().getDrawable(mCurrentPage.getImageId());
// New:
Drawable drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(getResources(), mCurrentPage.getImageId(), null);
mImageView.setImageDrawable(drawable);

cf: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/content/res/ResourcesCompat.html

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

You can use the one from the ContextCompat class:

ContextCompat.getDrawable(getActivity(), R.drawable.name);