R.string doesn't show up strings I manually defined in res/values/strings.xml

Question

I added some strings to the strings.xml file, as the following:

<string name="29">Beaf Stake"</string>

I know that this is the way to retrieve strings from the ressources:

getResources().getString(R.string.29);

But the problem is that I don't find this string listed in R.string. I imported my Project's R as following:

import xxxx.xx.xxxx.xxx.R;

I tried restarting Eclipse with no luck, so what am I doing wrong?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:18:59Z

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Having a numeric variable name is wrong . It won't allow such thing and instead throw an error.

I request you to change your string name. May be follow the recommendations Are there conventions on how to name resources?

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answered Feb 19, 2013 at 18:44

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Yes you were right! I changed the string name to something other than numeric and I works. I would accept the answer as soon as possible!

codeMagic · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19 18:48:09Z

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Your resource name can't start with a number and you have to escape quotes either with an esacape character or enclose the whole sting.

<string name="29">Beaf Stake"</string>

should be

<string name="29">"Beaf Stake"</string>

or

<string name="29">Beaf Stake/"</string>

answered Feb 19, 2013 at 18:48

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