Are parameters in strings xml possible

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In my Android app I am going to implement my strings with internationalization  I have a problem with the grammar and the way sentences build in different languages  For example    quot 5 minutes ago quot  - English  quot vor 5 Minuten quot  - German  Can I do something like the following in strings xml   lt string name  quot timeFormat quot  gt  0  minutes ago lt  string gt   And then some magic like getString R id timeFormat  dynamicTimeValue   This behaviour would solve the other problem with different word orders as well

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Note that for this particular application there s a standard library function  android text format DateUtils getRelativeTimeSpanString

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Yes  just format your strings in the standard String format   way   See the method Context getString int  Object     and the Android or Java Formatter documentation   In your case  the string definition would be    lt string name  timeFormat  gt  1 d minutes ago lt  string gt

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If you need to format your strings using String format String  Object      then you can do so by putting your format arguments in the string resource  For example  with the following resource    lt string name  welcome messages  gt Hello   1 s  You have  2 d new messages  lt  string gt        In this example  the format string has two arguments   1 s is a string and  2 d is a decimal number  You can format the string with arguments from your application like this   Resources res   getResources    String text   String format res getString R string welcome messages   username  mailCount      If you wish more look at  http   developer android com intl pt-br guide topics resources string-resource html FormattingAndStyling

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There is many ways to use it and i recomend you to see this documentation about String Format   http   developer android com intl pt-br reference java util Formatter html  But  if you need only one variable  you ll need to use   type  where  type  could be any Flag  see Flag types inside site above    i e   My name is  s  or to set my name UPPERCASE  use this  My name is  S     lt string name  welcome messages  gt Hello   1 S  You have  2 d new message s  and your quote is  3  2f    lt  string gt   Hello  ANDROID  You have 1 new message s  and your quote is 80 50

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If you need two variables in the XML  you can use    1 d text     2 d or  1 s text     2 s for string variables  Example   strings xml  lt string name  quot notyet quot  gt Website  1 s isn  t yet available  I  m working on it  please wait  2 s more days lt  string gt   activity java String site    quot site tld quot   String days    quot 11 quot      Toast example String notyet   getString R string notyet  site  days   Toast makeText getApplicationContext    notyet  Toast LENGTH LONG  show

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