String xml file in Flutter

Question

In flutter string text are directly set to the TextField widget like:

new Text('Hello,  How are you?') 

Is correct way ? or we can maintain all string in one file and use it like:

<string name="name_hint">Hello, How are you?</string> 

Is it possible ?

Answer 1

Flutter currently doesn’t have a dedicated resources-like system for strings. At the moment, the best practice is to hold your copy text in a class as static fields and accessing them from there. For example:

class Strings {   static const String welcomeMessage = "Welcome To Flutter"; } 

Then in your code, you can access your strings as such:

Text(Strings.welcomeMessage) 

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Edit May '19:

There's now this package that allows you to create json files with your Strings. It will allow you to create Strings for plurals, genders and languages etc

You can create a separate json file for each language like so:

string_en.json

{ "thanks": "Thanks." } 

string_nl.json

{     "thanks": "Dankjewel." } 

And then use this to access it

S.of(context).thanks; 

It will know which language to choose based on your phone's default language.