How to use getString() on static String before onCreate()?

Question

I am trying to use getString() to get an String from resources to assign it to an String array before my activity is created:

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Answer 1

No, you can't use Resources before onCreate(). You can get the instance of Resources in onCreate() by using getResources() where you can get all the Strings. Also the strings are already declared as static by defining them in the strings.xml.

Pseudo code for accessing the Resources,

Resources res = getResources();
String app_name = res.getString(R.string.app_name);