Default Andriod Icons

[splatt]

Is there a way to access the internal icons defined here from within B4A?

This would enable completely authentic looking menus, when used with Activity.AddMenuItem2().

 

[Erel]

This will be possible in the next version.

 

[splatt]

Erel, as I've said in the past, the responsivness through this forum is second to none. Thank you.

 

[splatt]

Erel,

I've installed 1.3. How do I access the new icons?

p.s. The Bridge works superbly!

 

[Erel]

See Phone.GetResourceDrawable.

 

[splatt]

How would I include this call to provide the icon on Activity.AddMenuItem2()

Are these two compatible?
GetResourceDrawable (ResourceId As Int) As android.graphics.drawable.Drawable


AddMenuItem2 (Title As String, EventName As String, Bitmap As android.graphics.Bitmap)

 

[jscoulter]

I also cant see to how to consume the resource from GetResourceDrawable() so that I can use it in Activity.AddMenuItem2() for the image of the menu.

I am sure the is an answer

Jeremy

 

[kickaha]

I tried a quick hack to see if I could get one of the images

Dim Icon2 As Bitmap
Dim ph As Phone
Dim can As Canvas 
Dim r As Rect 

can.Initialize2 (icon2)
r.Initialize (0,0,47,47)

icon2.InitializeMutable(48,48)'just guessed the size for now
can.DrawDrawable ( ph.GetResourceDrawable ( 17301515) ,r)'Star

This loaded the "star" image into icon2 ready to use in menus etc. Just need to get my head around the sizing now.

 

[jscoulter]

Interesting. When I run your code I get an error on

can.Initialize2 (Icon2)

saying the the :

Java.lang.RuntimeException" Object should first be initialized (BitMap)

This happens at runtime. I tried Icon2.initialize3(NULL) but it didnt like that.
Did you leave some thing out of your example at all?

Jeremy

 

[kickaha]

Sorry, stupid cut and paste error.

the line "icon2.InitializeMutable(48,48)'just guessed the size for now"

should be before

"can.Initialize2 (Icon2)"

 

[jscoulter]

THATS better works a treat.:sign0142:

Jeremy

 

[Deleted member 103]

Hi,

I have a problem!

This works correctly:

Activity.Background = ph.GetResourceDrawable(17301581)

and that does not work:

   Dim Icon2 As Bitmap
   Dim ph As Phone
   Dim can As Canvas 
   Dim rc As Rect 
   
   icon2.InitializeMutable(48,48)
   can.Initialize2(icon2)
   rc.Initialize (0,0,47,47)
   
   icon2.InitializeMutable(48,48)
   can.DrawDrawable(ph.GetResourceDrawable(17301581), rc) ''ic_menu_rotate
   Activity.AddMenuItem2("Kennwort ändern", "mnuChangePasswd", Icon2 )

My menu does not contain a bitmap.
where is the mistake?

 

[jscoulter]

try this instead

Activity.AddMenuItem2("Kennwort ändern", "mnuChangePasswd", can.Bitmap)


jeremy

 

[Deleted member 103]

Thank you very much, this works.

 

[kickaha]

May be a problem with the hard coded sizes I put in (48 x 48), thats why I called it a hack.

To be a fully working solution I need to understand the sizing of icons - I don't at the moment.

Good to see another hack that works, but be aware guys that this may not work across devices with different resolutions and pixel densities. Maybe a real expert will drop by soon...............

 

[Erel]

The simplest way is to convert the Drawable to a BitmapDrawable:

    Dim bd As BitmapDrawable
    bd = ph.GetResourceDrawable(17301581)
    Activity.AddMenuItem2("Kennwort ändern", "mnuChangePasswd", bd.Bitmap )

This will fail for resources that are not BitmapDrawable (like a color resource).

@Fillipo, it took me awhile to understand why your code doesn't work. The reason is that you initialize icon2 twice. The second initialize call is not necessary. It creates a new bitmap which is different than the one you are drawing on.