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Re: Android URI to drawable

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From	Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Android URI to drawable
Date	Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:38:45 +0000
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On 04/11/2011 02:41, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
> On 04/11/2011 02:15, Lew wrote:
>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>>> Drawable d =
>>> Drawable.createFromPath("e:\\Config\\$NetRadioCovers\\Other\\96.7
>>> Ashbourne Radio.jpg");
>>>
>>> This returns null, even though the path is correct.
>>> Any ideas on how to do it?
>>
>> Here is a lesson in why you should put all the necessary information
>> in the body of your post, and not just in the subject. Your subject
>> refers to "Android URI", but the body of your post talks about a
>> Windows path. That is confusing.
>>
>> Regardless, the evidence from the tiny bit of information you provide
>> is that the path is most definitely *not* correct. At the very least,
>> you should re-examine that assumption and take steps to prove it.
>> (E.g., write a unit test that test for something like 'new File("your
>> path").exists()'.) Don't assume the path is right, prove that it's
>> right. I will bet you fifty bucks that it isn't. (Monopoly money only.)
>>
>> Please give ocmplete information in your post. Is this a Windows
>> problem or an Android problem? If this is Android, then the path isn't
>> even correctly formatted, much less correct.
>>
>> You should consider using 'System.getProperty("file.separator")' or
>> equivalent instead of hard-coding non-portable idioms.
>>
>> Also, I see no evidence of a URI in your code snippet. How does that
>> figure in?
>>
>
> Thanks.
> In replying to this I think I have just realized what is wrong.
> How to fix it is another matter
>

What I need is a path I can use.
The machine I am looking for is on the LAN, and named "Base".
The path on that machine is e:\\Config\\$NetRadioCovers\\Other\\96.7
Ashbourne Radio.jpg"

What is the correct path string with the machine name added?

-- 
Dirk

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Thread

Android URI to drawable Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 01:33 +0000
  Re: Android URI to drawable Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 19:15 -0700
    Re: Android URI to drawable Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 02:41 +0000
      Re: Android URI to drawable Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 03:38 +0000
        Re: Android URI to drawable Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 08:54 -0700
          Re: Android URI to drawable Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 00:06 +0000
  Re: Android URI to drawable Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-03 21:59 -0700

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