How to create Drawable from resource

Question

I have an image res drawable test png  R drawable test   I want to pass this image to a function which accepts Drawable  e g  mButton setCompoundDrawables     So how can I convert an image resource to a Drawable

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I would just like to add that if you are getting "deprecated" message when using getDrawable(...) you should use the following method from the support library instead.

ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(),R.drawable.[name])

You do not have to use getResources() when using this method.

This is equivalent to doing something like

Drawable mDrawable;
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP){
    mDrawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(),R.drawable.[name]);
} else {
    mDrawable = getResources().getDrawable(R.id.[name]);
}

This works on both pre and post Lollipop versions.

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Get Drawable from vector resource irrespective of  whether its vector or not   AppCompatResources getDrawable context  R drawable icon     Note      ContextCompat getDrawable context  R drawable icon   will produce android content res Resources NotFoundException for vector resource

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This code is deprecated   Drawable drawable   getResources   getDrawable  R drawable icon      Use this instead   Drawable drawable   ContextCompat getDrawable getApplicationContext   R drawable icon

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Your Activity should have the method getResources  Do  Drawable myIcon   getResources   getDrawable  R drawable icon       As of API version 21 this method is deprecated and can be replaced with  Drawable myIcon   AppCompatResources getDrawable context  R drawable icon    If you need to specify a custom theme  the following will apply it  but only if API is version 21 or greater  Drawable myIcon    ResourcesCompat getDrawable getResources    R drawable icon  theme

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If you are inheriting from a fragment you can do    Drawable drawable   getActivity   getDrawable R drawable icon

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The getDrawable  int id  method is deprecated as of API 22  Instead you should use the getDrawable  int id  Resources Theme theme  for API 21  Code would look something like this  Drawable myDrawable  if android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   android os Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP       myDrawable   context getResources   getDrawable id  context getTheme       else       myDrawable   context getResources   getDrawable id

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You must get it via compatible way  others are deprecated  Drawable drawable   ResourcesCompat getDrawable context getResources    R drawable my drawable  null

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If you are trying to get the drawable from the view where the image is set as    ivshowing setBackgroundResource R drawable one     then the drawable will return only null value with the following code        Drawable drawable    Drawable  ivshowing getDrawable      So  it s better to set the image with the following code  if you wanna retrieve the drawable from a particular view    ivshowing setImageResource R drawable one     only then the drawable will we converted exactly

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