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Java

Modifying the Strings.xml file challenge

In the challenge it had us a a String item named "morePuppies" to the strings.xml file. That part passed correctly.

My question is that in the second part it then has us change the

String buttonLabel = "";

to

String buttonLabel = getString(morePuppies);

and finally the third part for setting the button label

loadPuppiesButton.setText(buttonLabel);

Is there a way that we can access a value from the strings.xml file without having to decalre and initialize a variable as in step 2. So are we able to just modify the text of the button by doing

loadPuppiesButton.setText(R.string.morePuppies);

1 Answer

Having your code as

loadPuppiesButton.setText(R.string.morePuppies);

should work. If it doesn't for some reason, just simply add

loadPuppiesButton.setText(R.string.morePuppies + "");

and it will for sure work.

You can also always just try it out yourself in Android Studios :)