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how to extract the name attribute from string array?


Hi I build a quiz application. I have the following (values/)question.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string-array name="question">
<item name="correct">A</item>
<item name="wrong">B</item>
<item name="wrong">C</item>
<item name="wrong">D</item>
</string-array>
</resources>

I would like to have a question with four possible answers but when i retrieve my answers in Java.. I don't know which answer is correct. So I decided to use name attribute in the item tags to pass a value of 'correct' or 'wrong' answer. Is there anyway to get the name along with the tag value?

because when i use String[] test = res.getStringArray(R.array.question); I can only get the value of each item in my array.

or because this is my 1st time in Android. is there other suitable approach to do this?

thanks


Solution

  • You need to use Handler to parse the xml. to get attribute value, code is :

    attributes.getValue("name")
    

    Try these links for reference: first and second