Question

How do you access the values in the res/values/string.xml resource file from the Android Activity class?

Answer 1

Put this code in res/values/string.xml

<string-array name="planet"> 
    <item>Mercury</item>
    <item>Venus</item>
    <item>Earth</item>
    <item>Mars</item>
</string-array>

This code to be placed in res/layout/main.xml and remove default widgets present in main.xml.

<ListView android:id="@+id/planet"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:entries="@array/planet"/>
</LinearLayout>