How to add an image to the drawable folder in Android Studio

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I need to add an image to the res drawable folder    When I choose new  gt  Image Asset  it comes out a dialog to choose Asset Type    How can I add an image to res drawable folder

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new   image asset   asset TYPE   works for me very well  thanks

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Android Studio 3 0    1  Right click directory  drawable    2  Click on  Show in Explorer   Now you have an explorer opent with a few directories in it  one of then is  drawable     3  Go in the directory  drawable    4  Place the image you want in there   5  Close the explorer again    Now the image is in Android Studio under  res drawable

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My way of exporting importing image assets  I use Sketch design   Step 1  Sketch  export using Android preset    Step 2  Finder  Go to the export folder   Cmd C   Step 3  Finder  Go to your project s  res folder   Cmd V   Apply to all   Merge   OK  the images are in your project now

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Open your project in Android Studio  Click on res Right click on drawable Click on Show in Explorer  Double click on drawable folder  Copy your image file in it and rename as your wish   Now write your image file name after  drawable      It will show the image you ve selected

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Copy   png image and paste to drawable folder   After adding the image  you can use the added image asset in code   You can either add image by using xml file    lt ImageView     android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  wrap content      android src   drawable image name    gt     OR You can set image by using program   ImageView iv    ImageView findViewById v     iv setImageResource R drawable image name

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In Android Studio   Select Drawable folder  do Ctrl N  Screenshot Select Image asset Select Action Bar  amp  Tab icons in asset type Click Next Select size You re done

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In Android Studio  you can go through following steps to add an image to drawable folder    Right click on drawable folder Select Show on Explorer Paste image you want to add

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Adding images to the drawable folder is pretty simple  Just follow these steps    Download the required image and save it on desktop  Now  go to Android Studio and right click on drawable inside res  On right clicking you will see  Show in Explorer  or  Reveal in Finder   Click on  Show in Explorer  or  Reveal in Finder  and then drag or simply copy your downloaded image into drawable folder    Your image will be saved inside drawable and you can use it

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It s very simple  Just copy your image and paste it in the drawable folder   One more thing  When you paste an image in the drawable folder  a popup window will appear asking for a folder name  Add xxhdpi xhdpi hdpi or mdpi according to your image  like in the image below   If you are still having problems  check out this link  Drawable folder in android studio

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Install and use the Android Drawable Importer plugin   https   github com winterDroid android-drawable-importer-intellij-plugin  Instructions on how to install the plugin are on that page  It s called  Android Drawable Importer  in the plugin search results   Once installed    right click on  res  folder and select New -  Batch Drawable Import hit the   and select your source image choose what resolution you want it considered and which other sizes to auto-generate for   Seems kind of ridiculous that Android Studio doesn t support this directly   EDIT  But Xcode doesn t either so      -

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For Example  I ve to add list png in drawable folder      And now I ll paste it in drawable folder  Alternatively you can do it Ctrl   C V  as we programmers do it

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Just copy your images and select drawable then on the option of Paste or press shortcut ctrl v  images are added

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For Android Studio 1 5    Right click on res -  new -  Image Asset On Asset type choose Action Bar and Tab Icons Choose the image path Give your image a name in Resource name Next- Finish   Update for Android Studio 2 2    Right click on res -  new -  Image Asset On Icon Type choose Action Bar and Tab Icons On Asset type choose Image On Path choose your image path Next- Finish   The image will be saved in the  res drawable folder   Warning  If you choose to use images other than icons in SVG or PNG be aware that it could turn grey if the image is not transparent  You can find an answer in comments for this problem but none of these are  verified by me because I never encountered this problem  I suggest you to use icons from here  Material icons

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Its quite simple  1  just copy your images and paste in drawable folder   2   when you paste image for eg mdpi  in drawable folder a popup window  will  appear asking folder name add  -mdpi    3 Do it for all hdpi xhdpi xxhdpi    I just added one link that you can check out if have any doubt   http   www androidwarriors com 2015 07 android-studio-drawable-folders html

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Do it through the way Android Studio provided to you Right click on the res folder and add your image as Image Assets in this way  Android studio will automatically generate image assets with different resolutions  You can directly create the folder and drag image inside but you won t have the different sized icons if you do that

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You need to use a third party plugin like AndroidIcons Drawable Import to install this   Goto  Android Studio   Prefrences   Plugins   and browse for  AndroidIcons Drawable You can do things like     AndroidIcons Drawable Import Material Icons Drawable Import Scaled Drawable Multisource-Drawable   Restart android studio  If you do not have the drawables folder created  create it by importing any image as - Action Bar and Tab Icons   amp   Notification Icons    Then right clink on the file explorer and you can see 4 options in the new tab  Use any one according to your need

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Tutorial Source Link   Android Studio 3 2  Blazingly fast  P    Just Copy and Paste in this folder

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You can just copy and paste an image file  jpg at least  into your res drawable  It worked for me

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Simplest way is to just drag and drop the image into the drawable folder  The important thing to keep in mind if you are using Android Studio 2 2 x version make sure you are in PROJECT VIEW else it will not allow to drag and drop the image

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For Android Studio 3 4    You can use the new Resource Manager tab Click on the   sign  and select Import Drawables   From here  you can select multiple folders files and it will handle everything for you     The result will look something like this      Click the import button and the images will be automatically imported to the correct folder

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Copy the image then paste it to drawables in the resource folder of you project in android studio Make sure the name of your image is not too long and does not have any spacial characters Then click SRC source  under properties and look for your image click on it then it will automatically get imported to you image view on you emulator

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Example without any XML  Put your image image name jpg into res drawable image name jpg and use   import android app Activity  import android os Bundle  import android widget ImageView   public class Main extends Activity        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           final ImageView imageView   new ImageView this           imageView setImageResource R drawable image name           setContentView imageView             Tested on Android 22

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