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stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	confirm \| cancel 02/04/13 09:13 PM (12 years ago) images in BT_DOCS and Drawable Are the same images allowed to be in both the BT_DOCS folder and in the Drawable folder? Steve Title Comments Are the same images allowed to be in both the BT_DOCS folder and in the Drawable folder? Steve

Outbreak buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 452 Reg: May 30, 2011 Colorado 14,620	02/04/13 09:21 PM (12 years ago) I believe that they need to go in the BT_DOCS folder if they were linked in the source code that way. -Shane Comments I believe that they need to go in the BT_DOCS folder if they were linked in the source code that way. -Shane

stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	02/04/13 09:44 PM (12 years ago) Not quite sure what you mean. I use images as icons for rows ( I have the menu with images plugin), and images for buttons on the home screen which is a menu with buttons screen. There is also a few background images and images which are referenced in html docs in some screens. My understanding is the icons for rows and images for buttons should be in the drawable folder. Background images I'm not to sure of where they should be and I'm pretty sure the images reference in html docs should be in the DOCS folder along with the html docs themselves. Is this correct? And would it cause problems if some images were duplicated in both folders? Steve Comments Not quite sure what you mean. I use images as icons for rows ( I have the menu with images plugin), and images for buttons on the home screen which is a menu with buttons screen. There is also a few background images and images which are referenced in html docs in some screens. My understanding is the icons for rows and images for buttons should be in the drawable folder. Background images I'm not to sure of where they should be and I'm pretty sure the images reference in html docs should be in the DOCS folder along with the html docs themselves. Is this correct? And would it cause problems if some images were duplicated in both folders? Steve

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	02/04/13 09:46 PM (12 years ago) Yeah, general convention goes that if they're called from within the BT plugin, they should be in the /res/drawable and similar directories... But if for instance, you're putting an HTML document into a Screen, that HTML document should be in BT_Docs. That HTML 'may' be calling for images and other resources. if those resources are coded like <img src="icon.png" /> then that icon.png file should also be in the BT_Docs. "Within BT = res/drawable" "Outside BT = "BT_SomewhereElse" Pretty much echoing Outbreak, but in a blathering much longer winded style I prefer. ;) Cheers! -- Smug Oh, and I can't remember if it's Android or iOS but one or the other doesn't care for subdirectories too much. So on both platforms, as ugly as it seems, I dump them all out in the same directory. Comments Yeah, general convention goes that if they're called from within the BT plugin, they should be in the /res/drawable and similar directories... But if for instance, you're putting an HTML document into a Screen, that HTML document should be in BT_Docs. That HTML 'may' be calling for images and other resources. if those resources are coded like <img src="icon.png" /> then that icon.png file should also be in the BT_Docs. "Within BT = res/drawable" "Outside BT = "BT_SomewhereElse" Pretty much echoing Outbreak, but in a blathering much longer winded style I prefer. ;) Cheers! -- Smug Oh, and I can't remember if it's Android or iOS but one or the other doesn't care for subdirectories too much. So on both platforms, as ugly as it seems, I dump them all out in the same directory.

stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	02/04/13 09:51 PM (12 years ago) Smug, But does it cause any problems if I have duplicates in Docs and Drawable? I only ask because I have some I haven't gotten rid of and am having crazy problems described in other posts and am wondering if having the same images in both places might be the culprit. Steve Comments Smug, But does it cause any problems if I have duplicates in Docs and Drawable? I only ask because I have some I haven't gotten rid of and am having crazy problems described in other posts and am wondering if having the same images in both places might be the culprit. Steve

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	02/04/13 10:02 PM (12 years ago) Nah. Having 'image.png' and so on in both places wouldn't matter; with the exception of it makes your binary a bit bigger, but that's about it. If it calls for it, and it's there, the system is happy. If it calls for it and it's NOT there, then I can see a few errors or warnings coming about. What other errors do you experience? I'm not much for Android/iOS troubleshooting, but up to now, I've never actually had a 'code' problem, it's always been a 'Smug' problem... it just takes a while for me to find them sometimes... If I've had the same problems, I'm happy to share whatever it takes to fix it... Cheers! -- Smug Comments Nah. Having 'image.png' and so on in both places wouldn't matter; with the exception of it makes your binary a bit bigger, but that's about it. If it calls for it, and it's there, the system is happy. If it calls for it and it's NOT there, then I can see a few errors or warnings coming about. What other errors do you experience? I'm not much for Android/iOS troubleshooting, but up to now, I've never actually had a 'code' problem, it's always been a 'Smug' problem... it just takes a while for me to find them sometimes... If I've had the same problems, I'm happy to share whatever it takes to fix it... Cheers! -- Smug

MacApple Apple Fan Posts: 4675 Reg: Oct 25, 2010 USA 61,150	02/05/13 05:21 AM (12 years ago) Duplicate images will not be causing the errors, as the guys explain above. I have menu buttons that go into HTML docs where the menu button is also placed as the header in the doc. One .png lives in BT docs with the HTML, the other in res/drawable. No issues. Comments Duplicate images will not be causing the errors, as the guys explain above. I have menu buttons that go into HTML docs where the menu button is also placed as the header in the doc. One .png lives in BT docs with the HTML, the other in res/drawable. No issues.

stevek Aspiring developer Posts: 808 Reg: Dec 24, 2011 great neck 8,080	02/05/13 06:22 AM (12 years ago) Smug, Thanks for the offer. Go down about 15 places down from this thread called "Something New and Crazy". It's certainly driving me crazy. Steve Comments Smug, Thanks for the offer. Go down about 15 places down from this thread called "Something New and Crazy". It's certainly driving me crazy. Steve

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