Android - How to set visibility in xml depending on device?

Question

I have a TextView in my activity that should be visible normally, but gone for tablet devices.

I know I can create a new layout file for the tablet, but that seems like a lot of duplication, so what I am trying to do is set in my (single) layout file something like...

android:visibility="@string/my_textview_visibility"

...for the TextView. And then, in my strings resources files, set...

<string name="my_textview_visibility">gone</string> (in values/strings.xml)

...and...

<string name="my_textview_visibility">visible</string> (in values-sw720dp/strings.xml)

...to hide the TextView for tablets.

However, when I try this, the app crashes when trying to show that activity.

Do I need to use the constant values instead of the above string values - e.g.,

"visible" -> 0

"gone" -> 8

..and, if so, what is the correct way to add/reference those values to/from my XML files?

Or is there another/better way of doing it?

NB - I do not want to show/hide the TextView programatically in my Java code.

Answer 1

You should be using /values/integers/ instead:

values/integers.xml

<integer name="my_textview_visibility">0</integer> <!-- 0 = View.VISIBLE -->

values-sw720dp/integers.xml

<integer name="my_textview_visibility">2</integer> <!-- 2 = View.GONE -->

Then called like so:

android:visibility="@integer/my_textview_visibility"

Answer 2

ChrisStillwell's answer is correct. But the values are incorrect according to the Android Documentation