problem filling string[] with string-array from strings.xml

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EDIT: woah ... somehow i replaced this question with another one i was asking, glad there is this rollback feature

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Answer 1

Shouldn't define anything about UI before onCreate().

Moreover, the following is a poor coding example, but it works.

public void onCreate(Bundle icicle){
     super.onCreate(icicle);
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     COUNTRIES  = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.COUNTRIES_ARRAY);