Android Random.

Question

Hi All,

String rank[] = {"tclub1.png", "tclub2.png", "tclub3.png", "tclub4.png", "tclub5.png", "tclub6.png", "tclub7.png", "tclub8.png", "tclub9.png", "tclub10.png", "tclub11.png", "tclub12.png", "tclub13.png"};

   Random randInt = new Random();
    int  b = randInt.nextInt((rank.length));

    String d=("tclub"+b+".png");

    Log.v(LOG_TAG,"in value:="+d);


}  

Above is the code. Actually my array is giving me one random index between(0 to 12)..after that i m appending it to make an image name. eg(tclub1.png) Now the image name which it gives to me is String fromat. how can i assign thhis image now randomly??

Answer 1

If you want to load the image to an ImageView, you can do this:

String imgName = "tclub1"; // the image you want to load
int id = getResources().getIdentifier(imgName, "drawable", getPackageName());  
imageView.setImageResource(id);