TypeArray in Android - How to store custom objects in xml and retrieve them?

Question

I have a class like

public class CountryVO {
    private String countryCode;
    private String countryName;
    private Drawable countryFlag;

    public St         


        

Answer 1

Here is example. Read it and look at the methods of TypedArray like get...() for example getDrawable(int index). I would suggest to keep items of the same type in separated arrays.

    Albania
    Algeria
    American Samoa


    al
    dz
    as


    @drawable/dz
    @drawable/al
    @drawable/as

EDIT:

public CountryVO getCountryVO(int index){
    Resources resources = getResources();
    TypedArray country = resources.obtainTypedArray(R.array.country);
    TypedArray code = resources.obtainTypedArray(R.array.code);
    TypedArray flag = resources.obtainTypedArray(R.array.flag);

    CountryVO vo = new CountryVO(country.getString(index), code.getString(index), flag.getDrawable(index));

    country.recycle();
    code.recycle();
    flag.recycle();

    return vo;
}