How to put variable inside string-resources?

Question

Is it possible to put variables inside string-resources? And if yes - how do i use them.

What i need is the following:

<string name="next_x_results">Next %X results</string>

and put an int in place of the %X.

score 125 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 23 '18 at 10:19

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<string name="meatShootingMessage">You shot %1$d pounds of meat!</string>  


int numPoundsMeat = 123;
String strMeatFormat = getResources().getString(R.string.meatShootingMessage, numPoundsMeat);

Example taken from here

edited Mar 23 '18 at 10:19

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answered May 02 '11 at 07:48

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FYI, Resources.getString(int resId, Object... formatArgs) is another method similar to String.format(), which takes the resource id and the Object arguments. Lets you skip that last step. – Josh May 02 '11 at 17:03
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The flags' documentation: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Formatter.html – Brais Gabin Sep 09 '13 at 08:27

Roel · Answer 2 · 2016-12-07T16:36:32.363

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Just pass it throught getString() function as formatArgs Object.

int nextResultsSize = getNextResultsSize();
String strNextResultsSize = 
     getResources().getString(R.string.next_x_results, nextResultsSize);

XML:

<string name="next_x_results">Next %1$d results</string>

edited Dec 07 '16 at 16:36

answered Aug 15 '12 at 08:55

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Atul Bhardwaj · Answer 3 · 2021-06-02T04:49:17.853

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<string name="message">You shot %1$d pounds of meat! Put Second Variable String here %2$s and third variable integer here %3$d</string>
int intVariable1 = 123;
String stringVariable2 = "your String";
int intVariable3 = 456;
String strMeatFormat = getResources().getString(R.string.message, intVariable1, stringVariable2 , intVaribale3);

edited Jun 02 '21 at 04:49

answered Apr 04 '16 at 07:55

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How did you assign a string value to int in `stringVariable2`? – salmanseifian Apr 17 '18 at 10:02
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@salman By using %2$s , I have assigned string value to string on 2nd place, not int – Atul Bhardwaj Mar 27 '19 at 11:56

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered May 02 '11 at 08:28

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yes,you can use. after adding tag to string.xml file and then to retrrive the the same in your .java file you can follow this.

AndriodApp

String str = getResources().getString(R.string.name);

answered May 02 '11 at 08:28

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