Kotlin random integer

Issue

Im trying to display random image whenever the app goes on. First I made a list with image ids and tried to make a random integer so that I can get random image each time by using the integer as an index of the list. Below is the code I tried.

val background_image = findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.background_image)

val drawableList = mutableListOf<Int>(R.drawable.picture_0001,R.drawable.picture_0002,R.drawable.picture_0003)
val index = Random.nextInt(drawableList.size)
val test = (1..5).random()

Toast.makeText(this,test.toString(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()

background_image.setImageResource(drawableList[index])

test and the Toast part is just for checking if other random method works. but both two ways doesn't work and shows the same random integer every time. Why isn't it working? (minSDK 21).

Solution

You need to use a different seed to get different results.

from Random

Two generators with the same seed produce the same sequence of values within the same version of Kotlin runtime.

You can use System.currentTimeMillis() as a seed.

val random = Random(System.currentTimeMillis())
val list = listOf(1,2,3)
val randomInt = list[random.nextInt(list.size)]

Answered By - Tom Berghuis