duplicate string resource in strings.xml android

Question

Are there other ways to check for duplicate string resource in Android?

say I have these 2 strings:

<!-- some other strings -->
<string name="A">I'm A</string>
<string name="A">I'm A</string>
<!-- some other strings -->

In my Eclipse, this doesn't cause any error or warnings, even if I tried using lint it does not show up. How can I see such problems then?

well, I want a way to check for duplicated string resource to eliminate them. A colleague of mine tried to build my project using Android Studio and was not able to do so due to this problem. — kishidp
– kishidp, Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 6:36
I was expecting that kind of error but the problem is, that does not appear at all — kishidp
– kishidp, Commented Oct 15, 2013 at 6:39

Gil Moshayof · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15 06:42:19Z

4

In eclipse:

This will pop up a warning each time you have a duplicate resource in one of your resource files.

Hope this helps :)

answered Oct 15, 2013 at 6:42

Gil Moshayof

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Arash GM · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15 07:13:45Z

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In your Project Properties , in Android Lint preferences section you can set warning/error on Duplicate definition on resources

answered Oct 15, 2013 at 6:42

Arash GM

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