Loading all textures from a folder

When creating a game that has a large amount of textures, loading each texture individually can become tedious. Creating a method to load and retrieve textures in such a game can be not only timesaving during development, but also reduce the overall loading times during runtime. In this recipe, we will create a way to load a large amount of textures using only a single line of code.

Getting ready...

First, create a new activity class named TextureFolderLoadingActivity that extends the BaseGameActivity class. Next, create a folder named FolderToLoad in the assets/gfx/ folder. Finally, place five images in the assets/gfx/FolderToLoad/ folder with the names: Coin1, Coin5, Coin10, Coin50, and Coin100.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to fill our TextureFolderLoadingActivity activity class:

1. Place the following, simple code in our activity to make it functional:

   @Override
   public EngineOptions onCreateEngineOptions() {
     return new EngineOptions(true,
       ScreenOrientation...