Ben Orchard wrote: > I have a strings.xml file that takes the following format (in general): > > <string name="q0"></string> > <string name="q0a1"></string> > <string name="q0a2"></string> > <string name="q0a3"></string> > <string name="q0a4"></string> > <string name="q0KEY">1</string> > <string name="q0ANS">ans-a01</string> > > > There are 200+ questions and response sets. I am trying to select a > random one, (say q183) and then use the text in a text view like such: > > Random rGenerator = new Random(); > int randomQ = rGenerator.nextInt(204); > String Q_ID = 'q' + getString(randomQ); > List<Integer> intlist = new ArrayList<Integer>(); > intlist.add(new Integer(1)); > intlist.add(new Integer(2)); > intlist.add(new Integer(3)); > intlist.add(new Integer(4)); > Collections.shuffle(intlist); > String ANS_ID1 = "R.string."+Q_ID + "a"+getString(intlist.get(0)); > String ANS_ID2 = "R.string."+Q_ID + "a"+getString(intlist.get(1)); > String ANS_ID3 = "R.string."+Q_ID + "a"+getString(intlist.get(2)); > String ANS_ID4 = "R.string."+Q_ID + "a"+getString(intlist.get(3)); > String Question = getString(R.string.Q_ID); //this is > considedered a syntax error by java/android > TextView QuestionView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.QuestionText); > QuestionView.setText(Question); > > No matter how I construct (at least, as I can think of it) the text of > the string to pass as a parameter to the value of Question, I end up > with problems.
R.string is a Java class, specifically an inner class of the R class, generated for you by Android. You can't just invent new fields on that (Q_ID), any more than you can for any other Java code. > At this point I absolutely need to be able to choose an arbitrary string > from strings.xml, with the specific set of strings to follow. Resources has getIdentifier() which can convert the string form of a resource identifier into a number. This uses reflection and is much more expensive than just using the public static data member on R.string. Hence, if you use this, please cache your results. > Any help would be appreciated. Yes I know a database *might* be > simpler, but I cannot figure out the proper code to make this work > either. The ONE tutorial on the subject leaves out critical > information. Here are some sample database projects from some books written by some balding guy: http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-android/tree/master/Database/Constants/ http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-andtutorials/tree/master/11-Database/ -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
