In the Android SDK documentation, all of the examples used with the @drawable/my_image xml syntax directly address images that are stored in the res/drawable directory in my
This is not perfect methods. You have to implement same way which is display here.
You can also call the image under the folder through the code you can use
Resources res = getResources();
Drawable shape = res. getDrawable(R.drawable.gradient_box);
TextView tv = (TextView)findViewByID(R.id.textview);
tv.setBackground(shape);