Not all resources in the framework are available to applications. There is a public.xml file that lists the ones that are in the public SDK.
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:46 AM, rnstewart <rnstew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to understand the whole android.R structure, and it would > be nice if I knew where the source of those resources is. > > I assume that, like the R object in my own project, it is built from a > resources directory somewhere on my system. That directory should > contain the drawables, layouts, values and whatever other files are > used to create this object. But I'm not sure where to find it. > > I thought that I had found it when I went to /usr/lib/android-sdk- > linux_86 (where I have the SDK installed on my computer), and found > the "platforms" directory. In that path, there is a directory for each > platform installed in the SDK, and under each of those directories > there is a "data/res" directory that contains drawables, layouts, etc. > But the contents of those directories don't match what is available in > the android.R object while I am developing. For example, under > android-1.6/data/res/drawables, I see the following dialog icon > images: > > ic_dialog_alert.png > ic_dialog_dialer.png > ic_dialog_email.png > ic_dialog_info.png > ic_dialog_map.png > ic_dialog_menu_generic.png > ic_dialog_time.png > ic_dialog_usb.png > > But the only android.R drawables available to me in my applications > are: > > ic_dialog_alert.png > ic_dialog_dialer.png > ic_dialog_email.png > ic_dialog_info.png > ic_dialog_map.png > > Does anyone know what's going on? Is something wrong with my SDK > install, or is there another source of platform-level resources that I > am not aware of? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
