If you want to 'dynamically' load these strings, you probably could use reflection.
Some 'pseudo' code: public String somehowGetStringAnotherWay(Resources res, String stringName) { try { Field stringField = R.string.class.getField(stringName); int stringID = stringField.getInt(null); return res.getString(stringID); } catch (Exception e) { return null; } } However, doing this to 'avoid compilation errors' does not sound like a good idea... On Mar 18, 9:49 pm, HippoMan <hippo.mail...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know that I can retrieve a string within an Activity as follows: > > this.getString(R.string.foobar) > > (assuming that I have previously defined a string named "foobar"). > > However. I'm wondering if there also might be an alternate way to > retrieve this same string in a functional manner, without an explicit > attribute reference. I'm talking about something like this: > > this.somehowGetStringAnotherWay("foobar") > > The reason I'd like this is so I can avoid compile errors if the > string doesn't exist. This would allow me to do something like the > following: > > String foobar = null; > try { > foobar = this.somehowGetStringAnotherWay("foobar");} > > catch (SomeSortOfException e) { > Log.e("MyActivity", "foobar string not found"); > > } > > Is there any way I can do this? > > Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.