Get URI of .mp3 file stored in res/raw folder in android

Question

I have many .mp3 files stored in res/raw folder.

I am getting URI of .mp3 file using following code.

Uri.parse("android.resource:///com.my.android.sharesound/"+resId); 

This returns : android.resource:///com.my.android.sharesound/2130968609

Now I am using this URI in creating Share Intent

    shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,Uri.parse("android.resource://com.my.android.sharesound/"+resId));     startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent,"Share Sound"); 

When i select any Mail application eg. Gmail or YahooMail from the Share Intent, the mp3 file attached successfully. But it shows that 2130968609(as an attachment)

i dont want resourceId(2130968609) to appear.

I want to display fileName.mp3

How can i do that? Am i missing something ?

OR

Is there any other way to attach .mp3 file stored in res/raw to mail via Share Intent.

Answer 1

Finally after searching a lot i found the solution.

If you want to get any resource URI then there are two ways :

1. Using Resource Name

   Syntax : android.resource://[package]/[res type]/[res name]

   Example : Uri.parse("android.resource://com.my.package/drawable/icon");

2. Using Resource Id

   Syntax : android.resource://[package]/[resource_id]

   Example : Uri.parse("android.resource://com.my.package/" + R.drawable.icon);

This were the examples to get the URI of any image file stored in drawable folder.

Similarly you can get URIs of res/raw folder.

In my case i used 1st way ie. Using Resource Name

Answer 2

This work like magic: Assuming the mp3 is saved in the raw folder as

notification_sound.mp3

then simple doing this works:

Uri uri=Uri.parse("android.resource://"+getPackageName()+"/raw/notification_sound");