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 is not translated in ar, bg, ca, cs Compiling/installing/running with Ant works fine, but I would like to use my IDE to ease debugging. Is there a way to turn off this … Read more
I want to access a resource like a String or a Drawable by its name and not its int id. Which method would I use for this? 10 Answers 10
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 this? 21 Answers 21
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 programmatically, how do I assign an ID? I think setId() is not the same as default assignment. setId() is extra. Can anybody correct me? 3 Answers 3
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 created a project from a source and now it shows errors – “R cannot be resolved to a variable”. From what I found here, I had cleared and rebuilt the project, but … Read more
I am reusing ImageViews for my displays, but at some point I don’t have values to put it. So how to clear an ImageView in Android? I’ve tried: mPhotoView.invalidate(); mPhotoView.setImageBitmap(null); None of them have cleared the view, it still shows previous image. 18 Answers 18
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 utility class that works with models in my application to generate output. For instance, in this case I am generating an email from a model outside of the activity. Is it possible … Read more
I have an array of strings in which the % symbol is used. Proper format for using the % is %. When I have a string in that array with multiple % it gives me this error. Multiple annotations found at this line: – error: Multiple substitutions specified in non-positional format; did you mean to … Read more
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. From source code I’d like to do something like getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.tutorial_cross_marginTop); This works but the value I get is multiplied times the screen density factor (1.5 for hdpi, 2.0 for xhdpi, etc). I … Read more
I want to remove all unused layouts, strings, drawables, colors, etc from my Android res directory. Are there any tools that will give me a list of files and I can remove from my repository and elements within specifics files (e.g. unused string entries) that are no longer used? 17 Answers 17
