Question

Is it possible to reference one string in strings.xml inside another string that contains other text?

Something that is allowed in XML, and would achieve this effect:

<string name="string_one">My string</string>
<string name="string_two">Here it is: android:id="@string/string_one"</string>

Answer 1

I don’t think it’s possible.
What I usually do is the following:

<string name="string_one">My string</string>
<string name="string_two">Here it is: %s" </string>

and in the java code:

String.format(getString(R.string.string_two), getString(R.string.string_one));

I do this kind of thing for parametrize msgs like: “You have %d new mails”.