Let's say I have this string:
Your player has a good keeper skill and a decent people skill
Now the part not in bold of the string is always the same, what is known at runtime is the part in bold.
So how could I do something like:
Your player has a {var1} keeper skill and a {var2} people skill
and then fill those vars at runtime with right values?
I do not want to concatenate strings like:
"You player has a" + var1 + "keeper skill and a" + var2 + "people skill"
You need to see Android string resource guide. There is a way to provide static string which can be later formatted with variables.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#FormattingAndStyling
You will define string like
<resources>
<string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have <b>%2$d new messages</b>.</string>
</resources>
And later in code you can replace
Resources res = getResources();
String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages), username, mailCount);
CharSequence styledText = Html.fromHtml(text);
in Strings.xml
You player has a %1$d keeper skill and a %2$d people skill
in java
getString(R.string.article_stats, var1, var2);
Yes, see the following from android devguide
If you need to format your strings using String.format(String, Object...), then you can do so by putting your format arguments in the string resource. For example, with the following resource:
<string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string>
In this example, the format string has two arguments: %1$s is a string and %2$d is a decimal number. You can format the string with arguements from your application like this:
Resources res = getResources();
String text = String.format(
res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages),
username, mailCount);
in strings xml you have define html syntax in CDATA tag like
<![CDATA[<b> %1$s bought </b>, last purchased from %2$s <b> %3$s </b>]]>
and in your java class
String detail = String.format(getString(R.string.detail),15,"New Delhi","23 mins ago");
detailView.setText(Html.fromHtml(detail ));
Resources.getString(resId, ...)orContext.getString(resId, ...)with string like"You player has a %1$s keeper skill and a %2$s people skill"is what you are looking for?