---
title: "imageResource"
description: "Load an ImageBitmap from an image resource.

This function is intended to be used for when low-level ImageBitmap-specific functionality is
required. For simply displaying onscreen, the vector/bitmap-agnostic [painterResource] is
recommended instead."
type: "function"
---

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


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


```kotlin
fun ImageBitmap.Companion.imageResource(res: Resources, @DrawableRes id: Int): ImageBitmap
```


Load an ImageBitmap from an image resource.

This function is intended to be used for when low-level ImageBitmap-specific functionality is
required. For simply displaying onscreen, the vector/bitmap-agnostic `painterResource` is
recommended instead.

#### Returns

| | |
| --- | --- |
|  | Loaded image file represented as an `ImageBitmap` |