The following code shows how to Load items in the strings xml File to ListView.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="hello">Hello World, BasicViews5Activity!</string> <string name="app_name">BasicViews5</string> <string-array name="presidents_array"> <item>Dwight D. Eisenhower</item> <item>John F. Kennedy</item> <item>Lyndon B. Johnson</item> <item>Richard Nixon</item> <item>Gerald Ford</item> <item>Jimmy Carter</item> <item>Ronald Reagan</item> <item>George H. W. Bush</item> <item>Bill Clinton</item> <item>George W. Bush</item> <item>Barack Obama</item> </string-array> </resources>
Java code
// ww w . j a v a2 s. c o m package com.java2s.myapplication3.app; import android.app.ListActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends ListActivity { String[] presidents; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); presidents = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.presidents_array); setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked, presidents)); } public void onListItemClick( ListView parent, View v, int position, long id) { Toast.makeText (this, "You have selected " + presidents [position], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } }