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poltexious
Courses Plus Student 6,993 PointsWhy did Ben hardcode the story strings instead of putting them in the strings.xml resources?
I am not sure I get it, but would it not be better to put all the strings for the story in the strings.xml resources (eventually with a smart prefix) as Ben showed in Stage 2 with the video "Introducing String Resources"?
It was also stressed out pretty clearly by Ben, earlier in this MVC stage that we should follow the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle and SRP (Single Responsibility Principle). Now, what if we would like to make another language version of this app? Then we should change more things instead of only do some changes in some .xml files, right?
2 Answers
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherGreat question! I chose to teach it this way for simplicity and clarity of teaching. I thought it would make the most sense to have all the Page data grouped together. I thought for a while about adding string resources or using a string-array resource. I would definitely recommend making the switch yourself as a good exercise.
You are totally right that the current version of the app would need to be refactored to cleanly allow other languages to be introduced. Sorry for any undue stress!
Yiftach Cohen
Courses Plus Student 351 PointsHi, I was trying to make the switch to the string-array resource, but I wasn't sure how so it didn't succeed.. Could you give an example of how to do it ?
ian sobo
3,851 PointsHow did you do it?
poltexious
Courses Plus Student 6,993 Pointspoltexious
Courses Plus Student 6,993 PointsThank you for your reply Ben! :-)
Ego Team
17,902 PointsEgo Team
17,902 PointsHey ben, i just finished this build a story app and my app keeps crashing when i try to go to page 5 or 6. i followed along and i cant seem to find where i went wrong? can i show you my code?
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherJasper Cape , I or someone else should be able to help! Please start a new thread and paste your code and we can go from there.
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBy the way, in the upcoming refresh of this course (due 4/5/17), I refactored this to use string resources in what I think is a better way. :)
Denis Filipov
5,913 PointsDenis Filipov
5,913 PointsWow I feel so lucky I found TreeHouse and especially this course, because I'm trying to make an interactive book. Like poltexious, I also thought that putting the strings in an xml file would be a good option. Looking forward to complete this course and waiting for that refresh course! :)
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherDenis Filipov here's the trailer for the refreshed course, hot off the presses from Brittney (the video producer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRiQb5iTUjg
Denis Filipov
5,913 PointsDenis Filipov
5,913 PointsNice! So far so good. By the time we get the new course I hope I can follow some java tutorials because there are some concepts I've forgotten.