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title: "What do you mean by a drawable folder in Android?"  
description: "What do you mean by a drawable folder in Android?"  
author: "Kalin"  
published: 2022-04-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96790/what-do-you-mean-by-a-drawable-folder-in-android  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What do you mean by a drawable folder in Android?

What do you [mean](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80630/what-does-it-mean-to-be-paperclipped) by a [drawable folder](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33493/what-is-a-drawable-folder-on-android) in Android?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![What do you mean by a drawable folder in Android?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b12ab0ce-a2c9-434f-b4ea-e926c9478297/images/48adad52-075e-49ab-aa63-72efc5433c0b.png)\

- A **Drawable resource** is a general concept for a drawing-able picture. A graphics file (bitmap) is the most basic instance, which is represented in Android by the BitmapDrawable class.
- In one of the res/drawable folders, each Drawable is saved as a separate file. Bitmaps for various resolutions are often stored in the res/drawable subfolders -mdpi, -hdpi, -xhdpi, -xxhdpi. By default, the ADT project creation wizard creates these directories. If these bitmaps are provided in separate folders, the Android system automatically selects the relevant one based on the device setup.
- The Android system scales the closest fit up or down if you don't offer bitmaps for all supported resolutions. This is usually undesirable since the bitmap may get blurry.

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