getQuantityString not replacing the format with the value

Question

I want to uses the plurals resource to produce a quoted number like "9".

In my plurals.xml:

<plurals name="posts">   <item quantity="other">\"%dd\"<\item> </plurals> 

The code:

String text = res.getQuantityString(R.plurals.posts, meUser.postCount);  

When the postCount is 9, why does text turn out to be "%dd" and not "9"?

Answer 1

From the Android docs:

When using the getQuantityString() method, you need to pass the count twice if your string includes string formatting with a number. For example, for the string %d songs found, the first count parameter selects the appropriate plural string and the second count parameter is inserted into the %d placeholder. If your plural strings do not include string formatting, you don't need to pass the third parameter to getQuantityString.

ie res.getQuantityString(R.plurals.numberOfSongsAvailable, count, count);