How to list Android string resources in an array

Question

I want to do something similar to this as explained in Reference drawable from string-array in android

private Integer[] mThumbIds = {
        R.drawable.sample_2, R.drawable.sample_3,
        R.drawable.sample_4, R.drawable.sample_5,
        R.drawable.sample_6, R.drawable.sample_7,
        R.drawable.sample_0, R.drawable.sample_1,
        R.drawable.sample_2, R.drawable.sample_3,
        R.drawable.sample_4, R.drawable.sample_5,
        R.drawable.sample_6, R.drawable.sample_7,
        R.drawable.sample_0, R.drawable.sample_1,
        R.drawable.sample_2, R.drawable.sample_3,
        R.drawable.sample_4, R.drawable.sample_5,
        R.drawable.sample_6, R.drawable.sample_7
};

I tried this .java file :

    int[] descriptions = new int[] { 
        R.string.description_section1, 
        R.string.description_section2, 

    };

but it doesn't seem to be the right syntax.

May I ask you what's wrong in using a strin array **as a reource**? You'd have the array already set in a resource file... — Phantômaxx, Apr 27 '14 at 09:08
You can do so also with a string array set in xml and then retrieved in code... — Phantômaxx, Apr 27 '14 at 09:14
I don't want to do so in XML I want to use code like in this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19791845/reference-drawable-from-string-array-in-android — user310291, Apr 27 '14 at 09:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '14 at 09:11

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Try this as mentioned in the docs:

int[] descriptions = { 
    R.string.description_section1, 
    R.string.description_section2, 

};

answered Apr 27 '14 at 09:11

Steve Benett

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@BobMalooga Because this compiles just fine, I think the extra comma at the last element is optional. But I don't know where this is specified. – Steve Benett Apr 27 '14 at 09:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '14 at 09:14

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define your array in array.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <string-array name="descriptions">
        <item>section1</item>
        <item>section1</item>
    </string-array>
 </resources>

then try this:

String[] descriptions = getResources().getStringArray(
                R.array.descriptions);

answered Apr 27 '14 at 09:14

Chaoba

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... Exactly what I proposed. – Phantômaxx Apr 27 '14 at 09:15
Thanks for the alternative though I'm not fond of XML – user310291 Apr 27 '14 at 09:30

How to list Android string resources in an array

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