Android Studio: Drawable Folder: How to put Images for Multiple dpi?

Question

Hi as per android documentation the drawable folder needs to have multiple sub-directories for images of different dpis. However in Android Studio creating any sub directory

Answer 1

You don't create subfolders of the drawable folder but rather 'sibling' folders next to it under the /res folder for the different screen densities or screen sizes. The /drawable folder (without any dimension) is mostly used for drawables that don't relate to any screen sizes like selectors.

See this screenshot (use the name drawable-hdpi instead of mipmap-hdpi):