Resource not getting set from different app flavor

Question

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cIoD5Uw5Jkut--qsJUX_hYBx13gbFNM2/view

See in above video

I have an app with 2 different flavors. I have added different app icons and some different images that is to be replaced. Icons , background images work fine for the other flavor but one image is not picked up from resources, it shows the default image only.

gradle:

productFlavors {
    fibodo {
        applicationId "com.fibodo.consumer"
        versionCode 1
        versionName "4.0.16"
    }

    jdsports {
        applicationId "com.fibodo.jdsports"
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0.0"
    }
}

Here are the screenshots in which its clear that preview is coming fine but when running the app it do not show respective logo

Sorrell

please don't link to screenshots or videos. Just add your code here, you're more likely to get help that way. – Whittaker

have you set that image resource in java code too? – Soapwort

@fatemehfallahiarezoudar no – Sorrell

done this by adding condition in java code. But I want it to be done only from xml. is it possible? Please help – Sorrell

@Sorrell have you had your resources in all resolutions(hdpi,mdpi,xhdpi,...)? – Soapwort

For both flavor Resources are in xxhdpi – Sorrell

do you have any resources in src/main/res folder? – Soapwort

Yes. resource which is shown for both builds is there in main/res – Sorrell

ok I will prepare your answer with photos :) – Soapwort

Answer 1

when you are using flavors you need to have flavors resoursec in separate folders, for axample if you have these two flavors :

productFlavors {
    fibodo {
        applicationId "com.fibodo.consumer"
        versionCode 1
        versionName "4.0.16"
    }

    jdsports {
        applicationId "com.fibodo.jdsports"
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0.0"
    }
}

you should have these folders :

add your flavor resources in their own folder and remove those resources from your main/res folder.

At this position every flavor first look at their res folders to find resources and if they couldn't find any, they will look at main/res folder, so if you put resources in separated folders they will not get mixed.

Soapwort

Thanks for the answer I will definitely try – Sorrell

Answer 2

My guess is, you are providing resources it needs for preview device selected in android studio but somehow missing resources for your testing device.

Say your preview device is xhdpi and emulator is xxhdpi, you are only providing resource for xhdpi so it is only working on preview but not in emulator.

There must have been this scenario or something similar, the device is not finding the exact resource it needs, so it is using the default resource!

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