Some other uses of Strings.xml in Android

Usage 1: normal string

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>        <string name="string_name">text_string</string></resources>

Usage 2:string Array

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <string-array name="string_array_name">        <item>text_string</item>    </string-array></resources>

Used in Java code:

Resources res = getResources();String[] planets = res.getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);

Usage 3:plurals

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <plurals name="numberOfSongsAvailable">        <item quantity="one">One song found.</item>        <item quantity="other">%d songs found.</item>    </plurals></resources>

Java code:

int count = getNumberOfsongsAvailable();Resources res = getResources();String songsFound = res.getQuantityString(R.plurals.numberOfSongsAvailable, count);

Usage 4:formatting and styling formatting, placeholder, etc.

1. Formatting strings

<string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string>//java代码Resources res = getResources();String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages), username, mailCount);

2.html

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <string name="welcome">Welcome to <b>Android</b>!</string></resources>

3. The combination of the above two methods

<resources>  <string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have &lt;b>%2$d new messages&lt;/b>.</string></resources>Resources res = getResources();String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages), username, mailCount);CharSequence styledText = Html.fromHtml(text);

Some other uses of Strings.xml in Android