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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Getting Started with Android Android Setup and the Crystal Ball Project

Posted by arthur reeves
arthur reeves
142 Points

what does this error mean?

Description Resource Path Location Type [I18N] Hardcoded string "AskME", should use @string resource activity_main.xml /AskME/res/layout line 25 Android Lint Problem

1 Answer

y0mki
y0mki
14,218 Points
y0mki
y0mki
14,218 Points

You're getting the error because you hard coded the string into your layout file. It's always a good practice to add them to the string resource file and then reference them from the layout, but that's just a warning that Eclipse is giving you. Don't worry about it for now, because Ben will teach you the proper way to use Strings as you go on with your project :-)