Change string.xml at runtime

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I have a special request to implement dynamic language packs and themes in Android. This basically means:

to download a zip file containing a file named strings.xml (containing the translation)
replace in the application the file /res/values/strings.xml with the one downloaded

Is this possible? Thank you for your help.

Macarse · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-23 13:24:28Z

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No. Things inside the Res folder are static and you can't recreate the R class in runtime.

Why don't you try using sqlite for your situation?

answered Jan 23, 2011 at 13:24

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Marius M. Over a year ago

I will be forced in this case to "manually" translate all the interface. Not really an option. I am not sure if another option exists, maybe a 3rd party library allowing skinning and multilanguage with external files.

StackOverflowed Over a year ago

Not really. You can add a condition such as WHERE language = 'french' to retrieve a specific language

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