android drawable from file path

Question

I have a file path String of the form "e:\...\xxx.jpg" How do I create a drawable from it?

Answer 1

You can create a Drawable or Bitmap from a string path like this:

String pathName = "/path/to/file/xxx.jpg"; 
Drawable d = Drawable.createFromPath(pathName);

For a Bitmap:

String pathName = "/path/to/file/xxx.jpg";
Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathName);