Android: strings resource, multiple strings with the same name

Question

In strings.xml

Lets say I have the following strings:

<string name="CourseInfo">Course Information</string>
<string name="CourseInfo1">Course Information:</string>
<string name="CourseInfo2">Course Information:-</string>

As you can see the string is the same, the only difference is that the second one has a colon and the third one has a colon and a dash.

Is this the most optimal way to do this? It seems kinda repetitive to do it this way.

Do it programatically when needed. getResources.getString(...) + ":-" ; or + ":"; ? — Shobhit Puri
– Shobhit Puri, Commented Aug 30, 2013 at 14:38
No idea. Lets wait for other answers. If there is an another way I would be glad to know :) — Shobhit Puri
– Shobhit Puri, Commented Aug 30, 2013 at 14:40

Jock Mahon · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 14:49:14Z

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maybe you can use some thing like

<string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string>

see http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#FormattingAndStyling

so for your example

<string name="CourseInfo2">Course Information%1$s</string>

and then

Resources res = getResources();
String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.CourseInfo2), ":");
String text2 = String.format(res.getString(R.string.CourseInfo2), ":-");

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 14:49

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ZakTaccardi Over a year ago

this doesn't consider localization that would be necessary for a different language

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