---
title: "painterResource"
description: "Create a [Painter] from an Android resource id. This can load either an instance of
[BitmapPainter] or [VectorPainter] for [ImageBitmap] based assets or vector based assets
respectively. The resources with the given id must point to either fully rasterized images (ex.
PNG or JPG files) or VectorDrawable xml assets. API based xml Drawables are not supported here.




Alternative Drawable implementations can be used with compose by calling [drawIntoCanvas] and
drawing with the Android framework canvas provided through [nativeCanvas]"
type: "composable"
---

<div class='type'>Composable Function</div>


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<div class='sourceset sourceset-android'>Android</div>


```kotlin
@Composable
fun painterResource(@DrawableRes id: Int): Painter
```


Create a `Painter` from an Android resource id. This can load either an instance of
`BitmapPainter` or `VectorPainter` for `ImageBitmap` based assets or vector based assets
respectively. The resources with the given id must point to either fully rasterized images (ex.
PNG or JPG files) or VectorDrawable xml assets. API based xml Drawables are not supported here.




Alternative Drawable implementations can be used with compose by calling `drawIntoCanvas` and
drawing with the Android framework canvas provided through `nativeCanvas`

#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| id | Resources object to query the image file from |


#### Returns

| | |
| --- | --- |
|  | `Painter` used for drawing the loaded resource |





## Code Examples
### AndroidDrawableInDrawScopeSample
```kotlin
@Composable
fun AndroidDrawableInDrawScopeSample() {
    val drawable =
        LocalResources.current.getDrawable(R.drawable.sample_drawable, LocalContext.current.theme)
    Box(
        modifier =
            Modifier.requiredSize(100.dp).drawBehind {
                drawIntoCanvas { canvas ->
                    drawable?.let {
                        it.setBounds(0, 0, size.width.roundToInt(), size.height.roundToInt())
                        it.draw(canvas.nativeCanvas)
                    }
                }
            }
    )
}
```
### PainterResourceSample
```kotlin
@Composable
fun PainterResourceSample() {
    // Sample showing how to render a Painter based on a different resource (vector vs png)
    // Here a Vector asset is used in the portrait orientation, however, a png is used instead
    // in the landscape orientation based on the res/drawable and res/drawable-land-hdpi folders
    Image(
        painterResource(R.drawable.ic_vector_or_png),
        contentDescription = null,
        modifier = Modifier.requiredSize(50.dp),
    )
}
```