You can get "Show usages of field xyz" with the help of cursor & command (in Mac) in Java,How to find where specific xml tag has been used?
For example how to find usage of Hello key:
<string name="Hello">Hello world</string>
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Amey Jahagirdar
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2Alt+F7 (find usage) on resource name or Ctrl+Shift+F (search entire project) for value. – Andrii Omelchenko Oct 20 '16 at 08:09
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Thanks a lot @AndriyOmelchenko, You saved a lot of my time :) – Amey Jahagirdar Oct 20 '16 at 08:17
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http://stackoverflow.com/a/20252716/4585226 Take a look at this answer – 476rick Oct 20 '16 at 08:21
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Right-click on the resource name in the strings.xml (in your case, on Hello
) or on the id in the code and select Find usages. This will give you the usages of this res.
OSX Command-Option-F7
Windows Alt + F7

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2I don't like this process. From java code if I press CTRL+Click on a R,string.hello file then it shows that where the "hello" text appears. but from strings.xml folder I can't do that.. Have there any solution on that? – Ahamadullah Saikat Jul 31 '17 at 06:50
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