Android : Programatically get the path/resource of an image in an ImageView

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ImageView image = ((ImageView) arg1.findViewById(R.id.imageView1));

How can I programmatically get the path/resource of that image? Thanks.

PS : I know I can set it this way :

image.setImageResource(resource)

I don't think that's possible as an ImageView uses a Bitmap or a Drawable, not a File. — Kyriog
– Kyriog, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 10:38
It's imposible. You could subclass ImageView a keep a String reference to the path — Blackbelt
– Blackbelt, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 10:39

Longerian · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-10 10:58:38Z

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It is hard to say you can get its path, but you can get its URI by this way:

Uri fileUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://your_packagename/" + R.drawable.your_image_id);

answered Jul 10, 2013 at 10:58

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Yakiv Mospan · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-10 10:49:38Z

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You can do that in this way :

//Add image path/resource to the tag
ImageView image = ((ImageView) arg1.findViewById(R.id.imageView1));
image.setImageResource(R.id.yourImage);
image.setTag(R.id.yourImage); //also can be done via xml.

//Get image path/resource from the tag
ImageView image = ((ImageView) arg1.findViewById(R.id.imageView1));
Integer imageId = (Integer)image.getTag();

answered Jul 10, 2013 at 10:49

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Tarsem Singh · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-10 10:50:37Z

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It is not possible to get the exact path for an image , that is stored in drawable.

you can use this to get drawable

 getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.imageView1);

edited Jul 10, 2013 at 10:50

answered Jul 10, 2013 at 10:42

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