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AndroidLauncher cannot find assets, but DesktopLauncher can

I am trying to make an android app, I am using Android Studio and LibGDX. The problem is that my app keeps crashing since it cannot find my sprite.

When I do :player = new Texture(Gdx.files.local("/data/Sprites/sqr_blue.png")); my DesktopLauncher can find the file so it works correctly, but my AndroidLauncher cannot find the file, resulting in the app crashing.

Previously I did player = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("/data/Sprites/sqr_blue.png")); , but it did not work with the DesktopLauncher nor the AndroidLauncher.

If I do Gdx.files.getLocalStoragePath() it will return O:\Stuff\GameName\android\assets which is also the path I set under the working directory of the DesktopLauncher.

The absolute path of my file is O:\Stuff\GameName\android\assets\data\Sprites\sqr_blue.png

I also tried a Gradle Sync, but it did nothing to help the situation.

I am quite confused on what to do.

Solution

  • Do player = new Texture(Gdx.files.internal("data/Sprites/sqr_blue.png"));

    Notice that there is no slash at the beginning. This little slash was breaking your path.