Question

I was trying to define a static hash table that makes use of resources, but I got stonewalled by the impossibility of accessing resources statically.

Then I realized that the best of all places to define a static map is in the resources files themselves.

How can I define a map in XML?
I believe that if possible it should be similar to the Listpreference mechanism, with entries and entries-values.

Answer 1

How can I define a map in XML?

<thisIsMyMap>
  <entry key="foo">bar</entry>
  <entry key="goo">baz</entry>
  <!-- as many more as your heart desires -->
</thisIsMyMap>

Put this in res/xml/, and load it using getResources().getXml(). Walk the events to build up a HashMap<String, String>.