Can I save a string array to strings.xml at runtime? [duplicate]

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This is my array String colors[] = {"Red","Blue","White","Yellow","Black", "Green","Purple","Orange","Grey"}; i want to put this array's values to <strings-array > </string-array> in values/string.xml at runtime. is it possible ?? if possible then how ?

Bojan Kseneman · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-03 12:33:19Z

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Yes you can.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="planets_array">
        <item>Mercury</item>
        <item>Venus</item>
        <item>Earth</item>
        <item>Mars</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

And get them like this

Resources res = getResources();
String[] planets = res.getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);

answered May 3, 2015 at 12:33

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protiksani Over a year ago

i want to reverse structure of your answer

Bojan Kseneman Over a year ago

No. strings.xml cannot be changed in the Runtime. But you can use SharedPreferences to save your strings there.

Bojan Kseneman Over a year ago

See here stackoverflow.com/questions/10813841/…

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