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Load string array value from strings xml
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package app.test;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class Test extends ListActivity {
String[] presidents;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ListView lstView = getListView();
// lstView.setChoiceMode(0); //CHOICE_MODE_NONE
// lstView.setChoiceMode(1); //CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE
lstView.setChoiceMode(2); // CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE
lstView.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
presidents = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.presidents_array);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked, presidents));
}
public void onListItemClick(ListView parent, View v, int position, long id) {
parent.setItemChecked(position, parent.isItemChecked(position));
Toast.makeText(this, "You have selected " + presidents[position],
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
};
//main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
</LinearLayout>
//strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, MainActivity!</string>
<string name="app_name">BasicViews5</string>
<string-array name="presidents_array">
<item>Dwight D. Eisenhower</item>
<item>John F. Kennedy</item>
<item>Lyndon B. Johnson</item>
<item>Richard Nixon</item>
<item>Gerald Ford</item>
<item>Jimmy Carter</item>
<item>Ronald Reagan</item>
<item>George H. W. Bush</item>
<item>Bill Clinton</item>
<item>George W. Bush</item>
<item>Barack Obama</item>
</string-array>
</resources>
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