How to turn a string into a resource

Question

The activity gets the string (R.drawable.che3) by the method final String get_image = intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_IMAGE); The question is how do I turn this line into a resource (image or link to a resource) here is an example for this method

 ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.backdrop); imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.cheese_1);

->

  ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.backdrop); imageView.setImageResource(EXTRA_IMAGE);

or so more understandably what I am about is imageView.setImageResource("R.drawable." + EXTRA_IMAGE )

Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20T19:23:55

If you know the ID of the resource, then it is better to transfer it to the int:

 intent.putExtra("EXTRA_IMAGE", R.id.someres); getIntent().getIntExtra("EXTRA_IMAGE", 0);

And if you only know the string "someres", then you can convert the string to a resource like this:

 private int getResourceByName(String res) { String packageName = getPackageName(); return getResources().getIdentifier(res, "drawable", packageName); }

 imageView.setImageResource(getResourceByName(EXTRA_IMAGE));

, resources parse through json in string. I can write any string name, can you tell me how to do better?
This line needs to be parsed in the int or you can specify when sending

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