Using strings.xml in raw xml resource

Issue

I was wondering if it's possible to load resources from strings.xml in raw xml resource. Example:

<root>
<element>@string/res1</element>
<element>@string/res2</element>
<element>@string/res3</element>
</root>

Is this possible?

If it's not possible, if I create a raw xml resource, do I have to provide multiple files for localization purposes?

Solution

Are you trying to use values declared in strings.xml in a file inside /raw/? Then no, that's not possible. If you want to internationalize your "raw" XMLs you can provide one for each of your supported languages in the appropriate folder (/raw-fr/, /raw-en/, etc). At least that's out of the box.

Alternatively, you can establish a template format and parse the raw XMLs in Java and fetch the appropriate string resource from there instead.

Answered By - dmon