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Christine Williams
1,238 PointsPage text from string resource
I just made the interactive story app, and while it works perfectly as is, I was wondering: is it possible to put all the page text in the string resources file? How would that work? How (and where) would you call the string resource? Is it possible to add all the story pages' text in a string array in the strings.xml? And if so, how do you get the text for the one item to display on its appropriate page?
2 Answers
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherChristine;
Take a look at the docs on string resources and post back if you are stuck on implementation.
Happy coding,
Ken
Wesley Seago
10,424 PointsYou could do it by adding string resources for each individual item very easily. To add everything to a StringArray would require a re-write. Nice that you are thinking that way so early on though. Using string resources makes it very easy to localize your apps.
Christine Williams
1,238 PointsChristine Williams
1,238 PointsThanks, but I did look at the docs first! That's what gave me the idea that the text should be in the string resources :) It's really the implementation that has me stuck, especially in the story app that we make in the Android course track. Would you have any suggestions/direction on how to do that?