Question

What is the difference between getResources().getString(...) and getString() when called from my activity? I read that getText(...) returns stylized text, but when should I use getResources() as opposed to directly calling getString()?

Answer 1

They are the same nothing special about them if you fetch the Android source code and specially the Context Class for exemple

 public final String getString(int resId) {
     return getResources().getString(resId);
 }