unable to convert string resource name into resource

Issue

I have an array of strings (for sound file names) , and i have the exact files attached to the projects as resources (raw), i am trying to fetch the ID of these resources via code in order to change which file (resource) to be playing from within the code.

  String[] phrasesDesc = {"doyouspeakenglish.m4a",
            "goodevening.m4a",
            "hello.m4a",
            "howareyou.m4a",
            "ilivein.m4a",
            "mynameis.m4a",
            "please.m4a",
            "welcome.m4a"
    };



       int index = 0;
        for (String str : phrasesDesc) {
            String res_name =phrasesDesc[index] ;
            resourceID[index] = this.getResources().getIdentifier(res_name, "raw", this.getPackageName());
            System.out.println(res_name +"               "+ resourceID[index]);
            index++;
        }

please help.

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Solution

You need to query them without the file-type extension:

String[] phrasesDesc = {"doyouspeakenglish", "goodevening", "hello", "howareyou", "ilivein", "mynameis", "please", "welcome"};

or somehow strip the file-type extension, eg: res_name.replace(".m4a", "").

Answered By - Martin Zeitler