string.xml Multiple substitutions specified if using % follow by string two times

Question

Why is this working?

<string name="quantity_geoFormat">"%s"</string>

And this not?

<string name="quantity_geoFormat">"%s %s"</string>

For the second I am getting this error: Multiple substitutions specified in non-positional format;

Bryan Herbst · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-17 14:52:21Z

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You need to use the positional substitution format, which looks like this: %1$s.

Thus your second string resource should look like this:

<string name="quantity_geoFormat">"%1$s %2$s"</string>

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 14:52

Bryan Herbst

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For the new guy out there...to grab it in code. geoFormat = String.format(getString(R.string.quantity_geoFormat), string1, string2);

Also don't copy the quotes if you don't want them in your output String.