Android :: String Resources Do Not Update When Orientation Changes / What To Fix It?
Apr 29, 2010
I have used the method specified on the Resource and I18N page (http:// developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/resources-i18n.html) to specify separate strings.xml resource files for when the orientation is landscape vs. portrait. When the activity starts, it will display the strings correctly based on the orientation at that time. But if the orientation changes, the strings do not change to start using the new resource file. Instead, they continue to use the resource file that was valid when the activity started.
Is there some function I can call to reload the string resources based on the current configuration, or am I going about this entirely the wrong way?
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May 5, 2009
If there's anyway way I to access the String values of String resources statically? e.g. a static equivalent of Context.getString(...)?
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May 7, 2010
For example code...
How can I get the resource by its name?
Without using R.raw.yuri = (int)
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I'm just about to start externalizing all my String-resources to a new project and then bring them back by including the exported jar-file of this 'i18n'-project. Doing so i18n for different languages becomes easier (I could simply export just a handful of languages to the jar). can successfully change the java-references to the outsourced foo.bar.i18n.R.java BUT, all references of the xml-layouts fail Sample: ############ android:label="@string/app_name"> ############ where: "@string/app_name" is now unknown =/ I'm asking myself whether this is possible and how to resolve my issue / properly reference the externalized string-resources.
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I have a resources file called string.xml in res/values directory
the file has many string resources
how can I obtain these items in an array from code ?
I tried
Field[] x=R.string.class.getFields();
but it does not work.
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I'm probably missing something obvious, but for some reason I don't manage to put a string with double quotes in a resources file.
strings.xml: <resources> <string name="message_empty_folder">Folder "%s" is empty.</string> </resources>
LIstFolderActivity.java: String format = getResources().getString (R.string.message_empty_folder); System.out.println(format);
Log output: Folder %s is empty.
What's eating up the double quotes?
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When our app gets updated sometimes the buttons on existing widgets get the wrong icon drawables, and sometimes the layout itself is broken. I believe this is because the update has different values for some of the drawable and other resources, since they're generated alphabetically, but the widget host still retains the old ids. A delete and re-create of the widget fixes the problem, but a number of users get confused by it and of course it just looks bad.
Is there something I should be doing to prevent this? If not are there any workarounds, other than making all the resources used by widgets start with "0" or something equally ugly?
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Sep 2, 2010
I don't know why. Install the package directly won't have any problem. But will fail because of Force Close if update the old package. the log is:
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #5: Error inflating class java.lang.reflect.Constructor
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:512)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:562)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:617)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:318)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1631)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.yidongsoft.ultraNoteEnhancedRegister.StartUI.setupWidgets(StartUI.java:237)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.yidongsoft.ultraNoteEnhancedRegister.StartUI.initialize(StartUI.java:129)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.yidongsoft.ultraNoteEnhancedRegister.StartUI.checkPassword(StartUI.java:591)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at com.yidongsoft.ultraNoteEnhancedRegister.StartUI.onCreate(StartUI.java:112)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1132)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2231)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): ... 11 more
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.widget.ExpandableListView.<init>(ExpandableListView.java:198)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:499)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): ... 25 more
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable-480x320/list_selector_background.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f020005
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1625)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:548)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.widget.ListView.<init>(ListView.java:160)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.widget.ExpandableListView.<init>(ExpandableListView.java:202)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): ... 29 more
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable-480x320/list_selector_background.xml from xml type drawable resource ID #0x7f020005
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.Resources.loadXmlResourceParser(Resources.java:1843)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1620)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): ... 32 more
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: res/drawable-480x320/list_selector_background.xml
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.AssetManager.openXmlAssetNative(Native Method)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.AssetManager.openXmlBlockAsset(AssetManager.java:471)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): at android.content.res.Resources.loadXmlResourceParser(Resources.java:1825)
09-02 18:19:20.922: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1659): ... 33 more
The file not found seems android embedded resources. Can any one explain why? I am using HTC Magic, official rom 1.5
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