Question

You can use strings in this way: " R.string.*" or in xml: "android:text=@strings/*" – right?

They all take their values out of a fixed file named strings where you put them all in right?

Let’s say I have an app where there is the possibility to change language. Is there a way in which I can change that string file? Let’s say have a strings file for English and strings for French or anything.. so i can still use the R.string.* and @string/* but I will get different values depends on the user choice?

Answer 1

The Developer’s Guide on Localization covers this.

In short use the same string names, but have different locale folders, like:

• res/values/strings.xml for the default language
• res/values-fr/strings.xml for French
• res/values-ja/strings.xml for Japanese

The OS will load the appropriate language for R.string.hello for you.