Create another res subfolder to layout files

Question

I wanna organise my code with subfolder into res folder for layout.

I know we cannot create subfolder into layout folder but i can create subfolder into res folder.

Now how can i SetContentView with my new folder.

-res/

---subfolder1_layout

-----sub1_layout.xml

---layout

-----layout.xml

And setcontentView (getClass().getResources("/res/subfolder1_layout/sub1_layout.xml")); does not work.

How can i do that please ?

This question was asked already: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4930521/1970317 — EvZ, Jul 23 '14 at 08:20
You cannot do that. [Refer answer by Reto Meier](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1078988/1008278) — VenomVendor, Jul 23 '14 at 08:21
From the sounds of it, you're better off reading this as well: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html — seeming.amusing, Jul 23 '14 at 08:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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You can't do that.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Jul 23 '14 at 08:19

I don't want to do that. I want to create subfolder into RES directory and use it to setcontentview – Maxouille Jul 23 '14 at 08:44
You don't want, but you'll have to. What you want is not possible. – Vincent Mimoun-Prat Jul 23 '14 at 09:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 09:01

It's not possible directly.

Consider using a common name prefix for layouts belonging together so they sort together.

With the support of build tooling such as Gradle you can get have multiple resource folders in your project. Read more about resource merging.

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