Get associated image (Drawable) in ImageView android

Question

I have set an image to an ImageView control in android:

iv.setImageResource(R.drawable.image1);

I want to get this associated Drawab

Answer 1

You can compare drawable resources like

     if (imageView.getDrawable().getConstantState() == 
        ContextCompat.getDrawable(getContext(), R.drawable.image1).getConstantState()) {
}

BitmapDrawables created from the same resource will for instance share a unique -bitmap stored in their ConstantState https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.ConstantState

getResources.getDrawable is deprecated so you can use ContextCompat.getDrawable inplace of it.