Question

i am using Eclipse 3.7.2.

I dont know why but the last line leads to an error highlightning

<string name="app_name">Test</string>
<string name="title">@string/app_name</string> <!-- works //-->
<string name="txt_text">Checkout @string/app_name this works</string> <!-- works //-->
<string name="txt_recommend">@string/app_name is not working</string> <!-- error //-->

is there a work around?

Answer 1

I believe you can’t mix references and text in the XML. Use formatting placeholders instead.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#FormattingAndStyling

Instead of

<string name="app_name">Test</string>
<string name="txt_recommend">@string/app_name is not working</string>

this would look like

<string name="app_name">Test</string>
<string name="txt_recommend">%s is not working</string>

And in the code:

String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.txt_recommend), res.getString(R.string.app_name));