 <p>You could just use the <code>/assets</code> folder instead of <code>/res</code> and load <code>drawable</code>s for your avatars directly.</p> <p><code>String avatarName = firstSpinner + '_' + secondSpinner + '.png'; Drawable d = Drawable.createFromStream(getAssets().open("avatars/" + avatarName), null);</code></p>