android: declare huge string in strings.xml

Question

i have a very huge HTML string in my app.

When I use it in the code, everything is fine but when I try to declare it in strings.xml, I am getting some errors. Is there a way to make a simple copy of the string in strings.xml? Thank you

@gabi, how can i do this? in text file, how to open it then? — Milos Cuculovic
– Milos Cuculovic, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 12:00
AssetFileDescriptor descriptor = getAssets().openFd("myfile.txt"); FileReader reader = new FileReader(descriptor.getFileDescriptor()); — Buda Gavril
– Buda Gavril, Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 12:05

FabianCook · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-14 01:25:24Z

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HTML and XML are the same basic language, I do not believe that you can store HTML in a string, why not save the html page and package it with the application?

Save the page as a html page in res > raw and then call this method

 String html = Utils.readRawTextFile(ctx, R.raw.rawhtml);

 public static String readRawTextFile(Context ctx, int resId)
     {
          InputStream inputStream = ctx.getResources().openRawResource(resId);

             ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

             int i;
              try {
               i = inputStream.read();
               while (i != -1)
                  {
                   byteArrayOutputStream.write(i);
                   i = inputStream.read();
                  }
                  inputStream.close();
              } catch (IOException e) {
                  return null;
              }
                 return byteArrayOutputStream.toString();
     }

edited Apr 14, 2012 at 1:25

answered Apr 13, 2012 at 11:58

FabianCook

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Milos Cuculovic Over a year ago

Thank you @SmartLemon, how can I do this

FabianCook Over a year ago

Sweet as :D, gotta use it myself now :P

Mohammed Azharuddin Shaikh · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-13 12:09:19Z

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Error may come at special characters like @ double quote single quote etc. to overcome it prefix \ to it and your error get resolved

if you assign same string programmatically there also you will find the same issue

String mString= "your huge string with @ error";

in this also you have to overcome be prefixing backslash

 String mString= "your huge string with \@ error";

edited Apr 13, 2012 at 12:09

answered Apr 13, 2012 at 11:57

Mohammed Azharuddin Shaikh

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6 Comments

Milos Cuculovic Over a year ago

Thank you, but how to explain that there is no errors when using it in a local variable?

amithgc Over a year ago

there will be no error in local variable, as in JAVA code.. u dont need to escape single quote, but u have to do it in XML.

FabianCook Over a year ago

How is this going to work if he has a huge string? Shouldn't you just save the html page?

FabianCook Over a year ago

If you are going to do this use find and replace find @ and replace with \@ would be waaay fastr

FabianCook Over a year ago

Also HTML contains things like /> which wouldnt work in xml because it will take it as a end.

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