Split the String xml into 2 files

Question

I want to put my "help text" in an xml so I can read it fro XML and setTextView to it. I know I can use the String resource. But I was wondering if I can create another file in my resources folder and add string items to it so I can use it for my textview. I don't want my long strings of "help" to be in the same file as my string resources. Is this possible in android or do I need to jam all Strings of my app in one file

Thank you

Answer 1

You can create as many files in the /res/values directory as you want. They don't all need to be strings.xml - just create a new file called help_strings.xml and put what you need in there or create multiple xml files if you want to split them up. As long as each string has a unique resource id it will work.