File IO#

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While building your game, chances are, you'd need to load images, audio, fonts or other external resources. GameKit allows you to do this via the static IO class.

GameKit is built with Java and hence you need to ensure that your external directory is added to the classpath. For Maven projects, this is the src/main/java/resources/ directory which should already be added to the classpath, however, be sure to check your IDE settings.

Static Methods#

Method	Description
getResourceStream	Returns a stream to a resource file
getImage	Returns an image resource file
getImageSlice	Returns a slice of an image resource file
getImageWithInsets	Returns an image resource file with 9-patch insets
getImageSliceWithInsets	Returns a slice of an image resource file with 9-patch insets
getFont	Returns a font resource file
writeFile	Writes data to the file at the specified path
saveString	Saves a string value in the application's preferences node
saveInteger	Saves an integer value in the application's preferences node
saveBoolean	Saves a boolean value in the application's preferences node
saveDouble	Saves a double value in the application's preferences node
saveFloat	Saves a float value in the application's preferences node
saveLong	Saves a long value in the application's preferences node
saveBytes	Saves a byte array value in the application's preferences node
getSavedString	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedInteger	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedBoolean	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedDouble	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedFloat	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedLong	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
getSavedBytes	Returns a byte array value from the application's preferences node else the default value provided
clearPreference	Clears the saved value of a key from the application's preferences node
clearPreferences	Clears all saved values in the application's preferences node