Strings in android

String resources are a simple concept of android, It is widely used to display text on the screen and also style the text. I hope you will not confuse string resources with string datatype, both of these are totally different concepts.

There are three types of string resources in android:

1) String

- XML resource that provides a single string.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string
        name="string_name"
        >text_string</string>
</resources>

2) String Array

- XML resource that provides an array of strings.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array
        name="string_array_name">
        <item
            >text_string</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

3) Quantity Strings (Plurals)

- XML resource that carries different strings for pluralization.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <plurals
        name="plural_name">
        <item
            quantity=["zero" | "one" | "two" | "few" | "many" | "other"]
            >text_string</item>
    </plurals>
</resources>

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