Android API Guides 之 App Resources（6） - Resource Types

Resource Types

SEE ALSO

1. Providing Resources
2. Accessing Resources

Each of the documents in this section describe the usage, format and syntax for a certain type of application resource that you can provide in your resources directory (

res/

).

Here's a brief summary of each resource type:

Animation Resources

Define pre-determined animations.

Tween animations are saved in 

res/anim/

 and accessed from the 

R.anim

 class.

Frame animations are saved in 

res/drawable/

 and accessed from the 

R.drawable

 class.

Color State List Resource

Define a color resources that changes based on the View state.

Saved in 

res/color/

 and accessed from the 

R.color

 class.

Drawable Resources

Define various graphics with bitmaps or XML.

Saved in 

res/drawable/

 and accessed from the 

R.drawable

 class.

Layout Resource

Define the layout for your application UI.

Saved in 

res/layout/

 and accessed from the 

R.layout

 class.

Menu Resource

Define the contents of your application menus.

Saved in 

res/menu/

 and accessed from the 

R.menu

 class.

String Resources

Define strings, string arrays, and plurals (and include string formatting and styling).

Saved in 

res/values/

 and accessed from the 

R.string

, 

R.array

, and 

R.plurals

 classes.

Style Resource

Define the look and format for UI elements.

Saved in 

res/values/

 and accessed from the 

R.style

 class.

More Resource Types

Define values such as booleans, integers, dimensions, colors, and other arrays.

Saved in 

res/values/

 but each accessed from unique 

R

 sub-classes (such as 

R.bool

, 

R.integer

,

R.dimen

, etc.).