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Pluralization in Android

If you are writing an app, that uses a string containing numbers, for example: Deleted 1 message Deleted 2 messages You could manually create two different strings, and show either one by using an if/else, depending on the number variable. However, as you

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Android string.xml resource formatting

If you are using the strings.xml file for your applications string resources (which you should!) then you might have wondered what to do if you need to combine a string and a value. Take this text for example: Hi, my name is Ruben

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Got a problem with spaces in strings.xml getting stripped away?

If you have a string in your strings.xml file that you want to have a space character in front or after the string itself, you may notice that this space gets trimmed away automatically. To avoid the string getting trimmed away, you can

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How to extract strings into strings.xml resource files in Android Studio

I have previously posted a guide on how to extract string resources in Eclipse, so I thought I would do it for Android Studio too, as it is not directly

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How to easily extract strings from your Android code into the strings.xml file

This handy little feature can save a lot of time and manual work when working with Android apps. If you during Android development in Eclipse use hardcoded strings in your java code, like in the example below: package test.layout; import android.app.Activity;