How to get string from the id's identifier

Question

Hello I need to code fast by getting a string from a certain ID's identifier.

For example the ids of my three Textviews are R.id.tv1, R.id.tv2, R.id.tv3.

I want to get a string or a char from the "tv1", basically the '1' to ease up coding and make it faster.

How do I achieve this? Getting getId() just returns an integer of the id, but I really want the string.

Thank you for your help.

Maybe I misunderstood the question... If you meant you want to call `TextView.getText()` easier, then you first need a `TextView` instance... And you could use ButterKnife, or just use `findViewById`, but "coding faster" its all the same number of steps — OneCricketeer, Jun 05 '19 at 03:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 05 '19 at 03:23

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Actually you can create function to convert your ID's to string like

public String getCorrespondingString (int resId ) {

    switch(resId){

        case R.id.tv1: return "1";

       case R.id.tv2: return "2";

      case R.id.tv3: return "3";
    }

}

edited Jun 05 '19 at 03:23

OneCricketeer

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answered Jun 05 '19 at 03:08

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Why would you write a switch? Just do `getResources().getString(resourceId)`, and you can get all the strings for the whole app – OneCricketeer Jun 05 '19 at 03:15
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It will not return what question's owner wants, please think twice before down voting – Jasurbek Jun 05 '19 at 03:17
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I feel like the question was asking how to call `getText()` easier (the actual text within the View with those IDs) – OneCricketeer Jun 05 '19 at 03:18
this worked, and answers what I wanted. Thanks! – Muhammad Fadli Firdaus Jun 05 '19 at 07:14
Then vote for answer, welcome – Jasurbek Jun 05 '19 at 07:53

How to get string from the id's identifier

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