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I'm trying to get a resource from XML using an array of strings because it's currently in a loop.

Can anyone advise me on how to do this?

The resource name is the same name as the array string name just to be clear.

So far I have tried:

mMainEngine.mContext.getString(R.string.class.getField(Modification.ModicationNames[Current]).getInt(null)),
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  • you have the name of a resource and you want to get its id? Commented May 24, 2013 at 10:35
  • The resource name is the same as the array string name Commented May 24, 2013 at 10:36
  • you need this Commented May 24, 2013 at 10:36

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I have not missunderstood you

int id = getResources().getIdentifier("name_of_resource","string", getPackageName());

is what you neeed

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The method getPackageName() is undefined for the type ModificationContainer
you need a context. is ModificationContainer an activity?
The error is "android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0x0" but the string defiantly exists.
put string instead of id. See my edit. getIdentifier("name_of_resource","string", getPackageName());
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Just for example I am accessing Drawable. You can get id from name as follows 

Resources res = context.getResources();
String strpckg = context.getPackageName();

int id = res.getIdentifier(iconName, "drawable", strpckg);

further you can access Drawable as :

Drawable drawable = res.getDrawable(id);
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This is for drawable you can do same for String or any resource that you want

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