{"id":2403,"date":"2017-04-04T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webartdevelopers.com\/?p=2403"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:21:56","slug":"how-to-retrieve-data-from-strings-xml-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webartdevelopers.com\/blog\/how-to-retrieve-data-from-strings-xml-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to retrieve data from strings.xml file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>n this tutorial how to retrieve the data from strings.xml file is shown and how to change color and text from strings.xml is shown.<\/p>\n<p>Code:<\/p>\n<p>activity_main.xml<\/p>\n<p>&lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&#8221;http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/apk\/res\/android&#8221;<br \/>\nxmlns:tools=&#8221;http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/tools&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_width=&#8221;match_parent&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_height=&#8221;match_parent&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingBottom=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingLeft=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingRight=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_horizontal_margin&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:paddingTop=&#8221;@dimen\/activity_vertical_margin&#8221;<br \/>\ntools:context=&#8221;.MainActivity&#8221; &gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;TextView<br \/>\nandroid:id=&#8221;@+id\/textView1&#8243;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_width=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:layout_height=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221;<br \/>\nandroid:textColor=&#8221;@color\/color1&#8243;<br \/>\nandroid:text=&#8221;@string\/hello&#8221; \/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/RelativeLayout&gt;<\/p>\n<p>MainActivity.java<\/p>\n<p>package com.example.demo;<\/p>\n<p>import android.os.Bundle;<br \/>\nimport android.app.Activity;<br \/>\nimport android.graphics.Color;<br \/>\nimport android.view.Menu;<br \/>\nimport android.widget.TextView;<\/p>\n<p>public class MainActivity extends Activity {<\/p>\n<p>@Override<br \/>\nprotected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {<br \/>\nsuper.onCreate(savedInstanceState);<br \/>\nsetContentView(R.layout.activity_main);<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n@Override<br \/>\npublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {<br \/>\n\/\/ Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.<br \/>\ngetMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);<br \/>\nreturn true;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<p>strings.xml<\/p>\n<p>&lt;?xml version=&#8221;1.0&#8243; encoding=&#8221;utf-8&#8243;?&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;resources&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;string name=&#8221;app_name&#8221;&gt;Demo&lt;\/string&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;string name=&#8221;action_settings&#8221;&gt;Settings&lt;\/string&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;string name=&#8221;hello_world&#8221;&gt;Hello world!&lt;\/string&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;color name=&#8221;color1&#8243;&gt;#ff00f1&lt;\/color&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;string name=&#8221;hello&#8221;&gt;Hello Friends&lt;\/string&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/resources&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9hn5ALNXFEM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/9hn5ALNXFEM<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"n this tutorial how to retrieve the data from strings.xml file is shown and how to change color and text from strings.xml is shown. 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