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9-patch images not showing up

I just generated some 9 patch images with

https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/nine-patches.html

This outputs some subfolders of drawable like drawable-hdpi, drawable-xhdpi, etc.

I pasted them in the drawable folder and currently got multiple images in multiple folders.
However, when I want to use the image, it needs to be in the drawable folder as well (not any subfolders) otherwise Android Studio can't find the image.

Do I need to paste an hdpi (or something else?) 9 patch image into the drawable folder so it can find it and will the 9 patch images still work for multiple screen sizes?

Solution

  • It sounds like you put the density-specific folders (e.g. drawable-hdpi) inside the drawable folder. This is incorrect. The density-specific folders should be at the same level as the drawable folder.

    For example:

    ├── app
    ├── main
        ├── res
            ├── drawable
            ├── drawable-mdpi
            ├── drawable-hdpi

    The drawable folder is used for drawables that do not need density-specific variants.