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Asked: 2026-05-22T19:08:08+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Dynamic Resource Loading Android In Android, I can load a string from

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Dynamic Resource Loading Android

In Android, I can load a string from the resources with String s = getString(R.string.keyName). But I have a list of categories in my database, each one which has a name. How can I take that category name and then load the appropriate string resource based on it, so that it will work for localization?

Basically, I need to have the keyName be dynamic; my own String variable. Is this possible? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As your resources cannot be dynamically, you could use a switch statement like:

    String name = "";
switch (row.getNameKey()) {
case keyName1:
    name = getString(R.string.keyName1);
    break;
case keyName2:
    name = ...
    ...
}

    Another approach woould be the getIdentifier method: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#getIdentifier%28java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String%29

    and see: Android: Accessing string.xml using variable name

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