Convert String containing an ID into an Integer-ID

Question

I have a short question:

How is it possible to convert a String, containing the Id of a Drawable, which is

String idString = \"R.drawable.bubblegum\"         


        

Answer 1

Call getIdentifier() on the Resources object you get via getResources(), as seen in these StackOverflow questions:

• Is possible in Android to findView by String id?
• Android findViewbyId with a variant string
• How to access R.string.xxx resources from a method by passing string 'xxx' as parameter to that method?
• Dynamically build a resource Identifier
• How to access the values from strings.xml dynamically?
• Drawable resource using a variable

among others.