Question

Here is the XML:

<string name="feature3_intro">You shot %1$d pounds of meat!</string>

Here is the java code:

int numPoundsMeat = 123;  
String strMeatFormat = getResources().getString(R.string.feature3_intro);  
String strMeatMsg = String.format(strMeatFormat, numPoundsMeat); 

All that is appearing is: You shot %1$d pounds of meat!

help?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You don’t need to use the standard Java String.format. Instead, your code should look like:

int numPoundsMeat = 123;  
String strMeatMsg = getResources().getString(R.string.feature3_intro, numPoundsMeat);
textView.setText(strMeatMsg);

That’s an overloaded version of Android’s getString method that takes a varargs list and does the formatting for you.