Apps File path of res/raw or assests folder

[aads]

Hi all, I am new to programming and Android development and I'm trying to create a photo album app for my family. I've created a raw folder in res to store the photos (it doesn't necessary to be inside the res folder, it can be the assets folder as I cannot tell the difference actually). As there are many photos, I don't want to hardcode the filename one by one. Anyone knows how to get the path of the res/raw or assests/raw folder?

If the folder is stored in the SD card, I know we can do something like this:

File sdCard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File directory = new File(sdCard.getAbsolutePath() + "/myfolder");
File[] listFiles = directory.listFiles();
String filePath = listFiles[i].getAbsolutePath();

In my case, if the files are stored in the res/raw folder, how can I do that?

I also tried the following, but it obviously doesn't work...

File directory = new File("android.resource://com.example.photoalbum/raw/");

Please kindly advise. Many thanks.

P.S. The photos are put inside the apk as I really have no idea where to upload my photos and how to load the photos from the Internet/cloud. If this is easy, I would love to know as well ^_^

 

[aads]

Can anyone please help and advise?

Thanks.

 

[cDubU]

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html

Did you try running it? Did you get any error messages? Also, are you providing the images directly to the app or are you loading from a folder that users typically have access to like SD cards. The res/raw folder is for application resources that are installed with the app. When you put files in here you don't have to go through all those hoops. Just use R.raw.filename