Resource types overview
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Each page in this section describes the usage, format, and syntax for a certain type
of app resource
that you can provide in your project resources directory (res/).
Here's a brief summary of each page:
- Animation resources
- Define pre-determined animations.
Tween animations are saved in res/anim/ and accessed from the R.anim class.
Frame animations are saved in res/drawable/ and accessed from the R.drawable class.
- Color state list resource
- Define a color resource that changes based on the
View state.
Saved in res/color/ and accessed from the R.color class.
- Drawable resources
- Define various graphics with bitmaps or XML.
Saved in res/drawable/ and accessed from the R.drawable class.
- Layout resource
- Define the layout for your application UI.
Saved in res/layout/ and accessed from the R.layout class.
- Menu resource
- Define the contents of your application menus.
Saved in res/menu/ and accessed from the R.menu class.
- String resources
- Define strings, string arrays, and plurals and include string formatting and styling.
Saved in res/values/ and accessed from the R.string, R.array,
and R.plurals classes.
- Style resource
- Define the look and format for UI elements.
Saved in res/values/ and accessed from the R.style class.
- Font resources
- Define font families and include custom fonts in XML.
Saved in res/font/ and accessed from the R.font class.
- More resource types
- Define other primitive values as static resources, including the following:
- Bool
- XML resource that carries a boolean value.
- Color
- XML resource that carries a hexadecimal color value.
- Dimension
- XML resource that carries a dimension value with a unit of measure.
- ID
- XML resource that provides a unique identifier for application resources and
components.
- Integer
- XML resource that carries an integer value.
- Integer array
- XML resource that provides an array of integers.
- Typed array
- XML resource that provides a
TypedArray, which you can use
for an array of drawables.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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