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Asked: 2026-05-25T06:27:08+00:00

Goal: Demo activity displays list of String items in a list Dev. environment: Eclipse,

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  • Goal: Demo activity displays list of String items in a list
  • Dev. environment: Eclipse, android emulator as device
  • Implementation: When activity is created, it stores String items from array defined in a xml resource file, and creates binding to ListView object via ArrayAdapter

Everything worked fine when I started the application. The list contained the items as expected.

Issue:
However, I decided to change the values in the array definition in the xml file, and also the name of the array.

Naturally, I changed all occurences of the name of the array from the xml file to the new one in the code too. Now, when I Run the application again, I still see the old values in the list.

What should I reset so the changes of the values become visible?

So far, I tried this:

  • application in emulator manually uninstalled, and then installed again via Run
  • started emulator manually with option wipe user data checked
  • Eclipse restart
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  1. Editorial Team

    You are probably changing the XML files through an external editor and not through Eclipse.
    The build process checks whether there are changes in the project before creating a new APK.
    If you change a resource / xml / source or anything outside of the Eclipse environment, you have to refresh the project (or the changed files) to allow the APk to be rebuilt.

    Cleaning the project, as Pyrodante suggested, will achieve the same goal, as the APK will be rebuilt with the new files after cleaning.

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