Defining Strings in res/values/string.xml?

Question

What's the point of defining strings in xml at the res/values/string.xml directory? Is it more efficient than just defining the strings as constants within your classes? (e.g. Database table creation scripts, etc..)

Is it a matter of organization or is there some benefit in how Android handles these objects in memory?

Answer 1

• So you can easily translate them into different languages.
• So they're nicely organized and you have them all in one place.

Answer 2

You can easily translate your app if you use strings.xml. Just create a new folder with suffix like values-cs and put the xml with czech strings in it and the whole app will be translated to czech if you have set czech localization in your phone.