The stuff under /res/raw are resources, so they are looked up by resource IDs, can be references from other resources, can be localized etc all of the same ways you do with other resources.
The stuff under assets is just a raw hierarchy of files and directories, with no other capabilities. On Oct 2, 12:24 pm, "Satya Komatineni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Then how does "/res/raw" directory differ from "/assets" sub > directory? Both seem to host raw files. > > Satya > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The asset directory is just an unstructured hierarchy of files, > > allowing you to put anything you want there and later retrieve as raw > > byte streams. > > > On Oct 1, 9:17 pm, sarwees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just created my first Android project using Eclipse and it generated > >> a folder called assets. What is the purpose of this folder? > > >> sarwees --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
