public void addNewBall(float x, float y, float radius) { SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(m_gameActivity.getApplicationContext()); String colorName = prefs.getString("Color", "Red"); int resource = m_gameActivity .getResources() .getIdentifier("face_" + colorName.toLowerCase(), "drawable", "pt.isec.tp.am"); Ball b = new Ball(this, x, y, radius, true, Color.parseColor(colorName)); b.resource = resource; m_view.addResourceAndBitmap(resource); m_balls.add(b); }