Randomly select a string from strings.xml in Android

Question

I need to randomly select a string defined within strings.xml file in android.

For example my strings.xml is :

Answer 1

1. Create an array contains all of your resource names you want to select:

   String[] strs = new String[] {"str1", "str2", "str3"};

2. Get a random index:

   int randomIndex = new Random().nextInt(3);

3. Get your random string from resource:

   int resId = getResources().getIdentifier(strs[randomIndex ], "string", your_package_name);

   String randomString = getString(resId);