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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T23:06:47+00:00 2026-05-30T23:06:47+00:00

In android generally for buttons having different background are stored in a xml file

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In android generally for buttons having different
“background” are stored in a xml file inside the drawable folder, whereas the “style” for text on that button is stored in the strings.xml file? Why is that so?
Can the strings.xml also contain the button backgground details(It’s color, shape etc), Or is that purely the work of Selector.

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    2026-05-30T23:06:48+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 11:06 pm

    BTW…styles are not supposed to be stored in the strings.xml. Instead, they should be in styles.xml under values folder. The reason to do this is to have clear distinction between different type of objects. This will help when you are going to support multi-lingual (as only strings.xml need to be modified in that case).

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