DataBinding: How to get resource by dynamic id?

Question

I know that it is possible to reference resources in layout by their resource id:

android:text=\"@{@string/resourceName}\"

However, I would

Answer 1

I ended up creating my own method:

public class BindingUtils {

    public static String string(int resourceId) {
        return MyApplication
                .getApplication()
                .getResources()
                .getString(resourceId);
    }

}

Declaring an import for it:

    

    ...

And just calling it during binding:

android:text="@{@string/myFormatString(BindingUtils.string(myPojo.resourceId))}"

Would be nice to have out-of-the-box method for that. DataBinding is sitll in Beta - so maybe it will come in future.