Question

I’ve only ever had to work with Strings within the strings.xml file before, but now I have a case where I need to work with Boolean and Integer items.

<item type="integer" name="usenetPort">563</item>

<item type="bool" name="usenetUseSSL">true</item>

I usually use getResources().getString(R.strings.my_string) to retrieve a value, but that doesn’t work with Boolean and Integers. I tried getInteger() and getBoolean() but Eclipse says that’s wrong.

How do I get the value from Booleans and Integers?

Answer 1

It works for me, first I openned Strings.xml and added this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
     <item type="integer" name="mynumber">4</item>
</resources>

Then in the code I get the value by doing this:

int number= getResources().getInteger(R.integer.mynumber);

You have to use R.integer.* and not R.string.*