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Lint: How to ignore ” is not translated in ” errors?

I can’t compile/debug our Android app, because the localization files are not perfect yet. My IDE’s validation tool Lint create errors saying: newCardsOrderVals ...

June 3, 2022
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Java, Programming

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How to get a resource id with a known resource name?

I want to access a resource like a String or a Drawable by its name and not its int id. Which method would ...

May 31, 2022
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String Resource new line /n not possible?

It doesn’t seem like it’s possible to add a new line /n to an XML resource string. Is there another way of doing ...

May 30, 2022
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How can I assign an ID to a view programmatically?

In an XML file, we can assign an ID to a view like android:id="@+id/something" and then call findViewById(), but when creating a view ...

May 29, 2022
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“R cannot be resolved to a variable”? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Developing for Android in Eclipse: R.java not regenerating (64 answers) Closed 8 years ago. In Eclipse, I’ve ...

May 23, 2022
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How to clear an ImageView in Android?

I am reusing ImageViews for my displays, but at some point I don’t have values to put it. So how to clear an ...

May 17, 2022
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getString Outside of a Context or Activity

I’ve found the R.string pretty awesome for keeping hardcoded strings out of my code, and I’d like to keep using it in a ...

May 16, 2022
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Android XML Percent Symbol

I have an array of strings in which the % symbol is used. Proper format for using the % is %. When I ...

May 13, 2022
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Load dimension value from res/values/dimension.xml from source code

I’d like to load the value as it is. I have two dimension.xml files, one in /res/values/dimension.xml and the other one in /res/values-sw360dp/dimension.xml. ...

May 8, 2022
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Remove all unused resources from an android project

I want to remove all unused layouts, strings, drawables, colors, etc from my Android res directory. Are there any tools that will give ...

May 5, 2022
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