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<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_selectDate"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
    android:title="@string/date"/>

I need this title to be variable to the selected date

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  • What do you mean with "Let's say I have a variable string "date" in some other class, can I use this in my strings.xml file?"? A variable 'date' and the resource 'date' have nothing in common. Commented Jul 2, 2013 at 8:36

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just try below code for get your string from your project resource:

String date= getApplicationContext().getResources().getString(R.string.date);
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I have my date set in another class, I want to use this in the strings.xml file to use it in my Android Menu.
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Try this,

If it array of String then use,

String[] some_array = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.your_string_array);

Or else

String date= getApplicationContext().getResources().getString(R.string.date);
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So I leave my string.xml empty? <string name="date"></string>
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try this way

String res_date = Context.getResources().getString (R.string.date)

Please see the android developer guide this link

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Leave the string name field empty in your layout. then in your activity write the following:

menu_selectDate.setText(YourDate);
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