How do I create a navigation drawer with non english items?

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This code is stored in res/values/strings.xml

    <string-array name="planets_array">
      <item>एक काम</item>
      <item>दो काम</item>
      <item>तीन काम</item>
      <item>चार काम</item>
    </string-array>

The array will be passed onto ArrayAdapter which will be used in Navigation Drawer. However, I want these Items to be referenced using an english name.

EDIT

This code was done according to changes suggested by Dave.

<resources>
    <string name="Mercury">एक काम</string>
    <string name="Venus">दो काम</string>
    <string name="Earth">तीन काम</string>
    <string name="Mars">चार काम</string>

    <string name="app_name">Navigation Drawer Example</string>

    <string-array name="planets_array">
      <item>@string/Mercury</item>
      <item>@string/Venus</item>
      <item>@string/Earth</item>
      <item>@string/Mars</item>
      <item>Jupiter</item>
      <item>Saturn</item>
      <item>Uranus</item>
      <item>Neptune</item>
    </string-array>

    <string name="drawer_open">Open navigation drawer</string>
    <string name="drawer_close">Close navigation drawer</string>
    <string name="action_websearch">Web search</string>
    <string name="app_not_available">Sorry, there\'s no web browser available</string>
</resources>

When I tap on first four items, the respective images of planets dont show up in Navigation drawer but when I tap on last 4 Items (Starting from Jupiter) , It works fine

Now you have to work with the string reference names to show the images, not with their values. How do you implement the tap event listener? — David Gras, Jul 26 '14 at 08:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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You can set the name attribute for each item but you will have to parse the strings.xml file and use getValue from the available set of attributes. Check this SO question out :

Get name attribute of item of string array

I haven't had the time to try this though.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jul 26 '14 at 07:05

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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It's already answered here.

As the Android reference says:

<item>
    ...
    The value can be a reference to another string resource.
    ...

Solution:

First, you have to write simple string elements with your english name:

<string name="english_planet_1_name">एक काम</string>
<string name="english_planet_2_name">दो काम</string>
<string name="english_planet_3_name">तीन काम</string>
<string name="english_planet_4_name">चार काम</string>

And then you can reference them everywhere, even from string-array items:

<string-array name="planets_array">
    <item>@string/english_planet_1_name</item>
    <item>@string/english_planet_2_name</item>
    <item>@string/english_planet_3_name</item>
    <item>@string/english_planet_4_name</item>
</string-array>

Finally you get both: your planet local names and their english reference name.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jul 26 '14 at 07:37

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I tried it, but it doesnt seem to work. When I click on it, Its supposed to show me images. but it doesnt show – Ajinkya Jul 26 '14 at 07:53
Images? Maybe you've a different problem. Expand your question with more code and explain us what are you trying to do. – David Gras Jul 26 '14 at 08:10
see the question now . – Ajinkya Jul 26 '14 at 08:16

How do I create a navigation drawer with non english items?

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