Android Tutorial

By : Ketan Bhimani

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Using Boolean Resources Programmatically

To use a Boolean resource,you must load it using the Resource

class.The following code accesses your application’s Boolean

resource named bAdvancedFeaturesEnabled.

boolean bAdvancedMode =
getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.bAdvancedFeaturesEnabled);

Working with Integer Resources

In addition to strings and Boolean values, you can also store

integers as resources.Integer resources are defined in XML under

the /res/values project directory and compiled into the application

package at build time.

Defining Integer Resources in XML

Integer values are appropriately tagged with the <integer> tag and

represent a name value pair. The name attribute is how you refer

to the specific integer programmatically, so name these resources

wisely.

Here’s an example of the integer resource file

/res/values/nums.xml:

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>

Using Integer Resources Programmatically

To use the integer resource, you must load it using the Resource

class. The following code accesses your application’s integer

resource named numTimesToRepeat: