How can I nest string resource?

Question

This is what I want to do, in standard way.

<string name="foo">foo</string>
<string name="foo_bar">foo bar</string>

Can I rewrite like below?

<string name="foo">foo</string>
<string name="foo_bar">@string/foo bar</string>

I know this is not in schema, however, it is OK like below,

<string name="foo">foo</string>
<string name="altfoo">@string/foo</string>

Why!?

see if this help : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4161256/android-reference-a-string-in-a-string-array-resource-with-xml — , Feb 25 '14 at 08:35
The problem is that you can't concatenate an integer (`@string/foo` refers to an identifier) with a string, because the whole will then be interpreted as a string, so the identifier won't be handled. — Mickäel A., Feb 25 '14 at 09:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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This

<string name="foo">foo</string>
<string name="foo_bar">@string/foo bar</string>

wrong coz there is no resource with the name foo bar

The above would be right if you had

<string name="foo bar">foo and bar</string>
<string name="foo_bar">@string/foo bar</string>

This

<string name="foo">foo</string>
<string name="altfoo">@string/foo</string>

is right coz there is a resource with name foo and you are referencing the same

You may want to check

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Feb 25 '14 at 08:44

Raghunandan

The link you point to actually says you can't do it like your answer... Have you really tried it? – TactMayers Feb 25 '14 at 09:01
@TactMayers what mistake are you pointing @?. You can try it and then inform – Raghunandan Feb 25 '14 at 09:01
You can't write `@string/foo` and expect the string `altfoo` has the value `foo`. This will not work. – TactMayers Feb 25 '14 at 09:03
@TactMayers no it will work if you have `foo`. try it yourself – Raghunandan Feb 25 '14 at 09:03
Alright... I misunderstood. If it's a direct reference it will work. But concatenation will not work. – TactMayers Feb 25 '14 at 09:09

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