Change String-Array in Strings.xml to ArrayList

Question

I'm developing an Android app. I need to convert a string array into an ArrayList. I've read up on this, and all have cases where you add the values to the array in the java file. I have declared the string-array in the strings.xml file. My string-array is here:

<string-array name="Lines">     <item>Red Line</item>     <item>Blue Line</item>     <item>Orange Line</item>     <item>Green Line</item>     <item>Brown Line</item>     <item>Purple Line</item>     <item>Pink Line</item>     <item>Yellow Line</item> </string-array> 

I need to convert Lines into ArrayList. If I use this

List<String> Lines = new ArrayList<String>(); 

to declare the ArrayList, how can find the array list by ID, and store that as Lines?

Answer 1

Try this;

List<String> Lines = Arrays.asList(getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Lines)); 

and this for kotlin:

val Lines = resources.getStringArray(R.array.Lines).toList()