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Shaggydog
Shaggydog

Reputation: 3788

A string from res/values/strings.xml doesn't show up for use in my code

I'm trying to store a create database script (a rather lengthy one) in the strings.xml file (noobie here, haven't figured out a better place to put it yet) it does show up in the generated R class:

public static final class string {
        public static final int app_name=0x7f040001;
        public static final int create_database=0x7f040002; //this one here
        public static final int hello=0x7f040000;
    }

but when I try this in the code:

DATABASE_CREATE = R.string.create_database;

'create_database' is not available. Ti's simply not there, I get an error if I try to use it. Any ideas why this is so? Do those strings have length limitations? Can they only consist of a single line? If that's the case, what's the right place to put my SQL create script? Thanks for your answers.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1785

Answers (1)

Dallas
Dallas

Reputation: 1045

R.string.create_database in the generated R is an integer (see your line with the comment). In order to get the string value, you need to call getString(R.string.create_database). See getString(int)

Upvotes: 2

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