Using the android:text="@string" does not replace string value in the strings.xml file

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I am new to Android development. I recently downloaded the latest Android Studio 3.0.1. I am using Wallace Jackson "Android Apps for Absolute Beginners". I have 2 XML files when I created my (first) application per the book:

activity_main.xml
strings.xml

activity_main.xml file has hard coded the android:txt="Hello World!" The book guides you to modify file 1 to refer to strings.xml for this string. File 2, strings.xml, is modified to add a 2nd line containing the string that is modified slightly by removing the "!".

When I look at the preview layout pane in the Android SDK I don't see the string "Hello World"

Instead, I see "@string".

I am sure I doing something basically wrong, or missing a crucial step, or steps.

This is the activity_main.xml file (file 1)

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.michael.myapplication.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

This is strings.xml file (file 2):

    <resources>
        <string name="app_name">My Application</string>
        <string name="app_message">Hello WORLD</string>
    </resources>

Eoin · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 01:33:17Z

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You have to specify the string name

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/app_message"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

To access a resource on android you have to provide its resource ID to be able to access it.

See: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/accessing-resources.html

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 1:33

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yatin deokar · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 04:24:09Z

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Access String recourses like android:text="@string/string_name"

string.xml

<string name="string_name">hi this is my string</string>

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 4:24

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ggorlen · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-27 19:27:37Z

In your strings.xml:

<string name="app_message">Hello WORLD</string>

In your layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.michael.myapplication.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/app_message"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    </android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

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