You are able to define many different grammatical

 You are able to define many different grammatical forms for a particular
word. To define more than one quantity form of a given word in your
string resource file, you simply specify more than one <item> element
and provide a value for the quantity attribute for that particular <item>
denoting the word’s quantity.

Working with Quantity Strings
(Cont’d)
Value Description
zero
Used for languages that have words with a zero quantity form.
one Used for languages that have words with a singular quantity
form.
two
Used for languages that have words for specifying two.
few
Used for languages that have words for specifying a small
quantity batch.
many
Used for languages that have words for specifying a large
quantity batch.
other
Used for languages that have words that do not have a
quantity form.

Working with String Arrays
 You can specify lists of strings in resource files.
– This is a good way to store menu options and drop-down
list values.
– String arrays are defined in XML under the res/values/
project directory.
– They are compiled into the application package at build
time.
 String arrays are appropriately tagged with the <string-
array> tag.
– They usually include a number of <item> child tags, one
for each string in the array.

Working with String Arrays
(Cont’d)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string-array name="flavors">
<item>Vanilla</item>
<item>Chocolate</item>
<item>Strawberry</item>
<item>Coffee</item>
<item>Sherbet</item>
</string-array>
<string-array name="soups">
<item>Vegetable minestrone</item>
<item>New England clam chowder</item>
<item>Organic chicken noodle</item>
</string-array>
</resources>

Working with String Arrays
(Cont’d)
 Accessing string array resources is easy.
 The method getStringArray() retrieves a string array from
a resource file, in this case one named flavors :
String[] aFlavors =
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.flavors);