Differences between android:text="@string" and android:text="..."

Question

Maybe this is a silly question but is there a difference,besides the obvious,between android:text="@string/...." and android:text="..."?.I'm thinking that maybe the text that appears on the screen has the option for styling when using @string.Which one is best to use in general or it really doesn't matter?

Answer 1

When you're using android:text="@string/" the app is going to find the value of the string in the ressources file, with this technique you can manage multilanguage app, with a "strings"'s file by language.