Referencing string array

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I have a problem that is bugging me. I created a string array in strings.xmlwhich is called bookmark_titles. I want to use it for my alert dialog and populate a list using them, however I can't see name of my array in R.array, it has only those that built in android eg PhoneTypes. How do I reference my array ?

strings.xml

<string name="app_name">Dialogs</string>
<string name="action_settings">Settings</string>

<string-array name="bookmark_titles">
    <item>Google</item>
    <item>Bing</item>
    <item>Gmail</item>
</string-array>

</resources>

FireMissilesDialogFragment

public class FireMissilesDialogFragment extends DialogFragment{

public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        builder.setTitle("Books are :");
               .setItems(R.array., new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {   ---> can't see reference here
                   public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                   // The 'which' argument contains the index position
                   // of the selected item
               }
        });
        return builder.create();

    }

Did you try a clean/rebuild? Can't see a reason it wouldn't show up as R.array.bookmark_titles. — Joachim Isaksson
– Joachim Isaksson, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:05
refer it like R.array.bookmark_titles. more info @ developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html. Also check this developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/…. — Raghunandan
– Raghunandan, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:06
@Frugo try removing ; from builder.setTitle("Books are :"). — Raghunandan
– Raghunandan, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:15

Zoubiock · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 11:12:51Z

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try "array":

<array name="bookmark_titles">
<item>Google</item>
<item>Bing</item>
</array>

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 11:12

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s.d · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 11:21:12Z

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Documentation for setItems() states that:

This should be an array type i.e. R.array.foo

Use an array instead of string-array:

<string name="bookmark_google">Google</string>
<string name="bookmark_bing">Bing</string>
<string name="bookmark_yahoo">Yahoo</string>

<array name="pref_values_sort_list">
    <item>@string/bookmark_google</item>
    <item>@string/bookmark_bing</item>
    <item>@string/bookmark_yahoo</item>
</array>

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 11:21

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Raghunandan Over a year ago

i don't think that's an issue. developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/…. i just tried it out with string array works for me.

Dodi · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 11:30:07Z

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Solved the issue.

I had to remove import.android.R, after it, it worked ! Thanks guys

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 11:30

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