Nested Arrays in Android xml

Question

Previously I had a simple string-array that contained a URL it looked like

    
      http://www.goo         


        

Answer 1

This is what I've done to accomplish something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <array name="menu_items">
        <item>@array/menu_item_dashboard</item>
        <item>@array/menu_item_index</item>
    </array>

    <array name="menu_item_dashboard">
        <item>@drawable/transparent</item>
        <item>Dashboard</item>
        <item>home</item>
    </array>
    <array name="menu_item_index">
        <item>@drawable/transparent</item>
        <item>Title</item>
        <item>index</item>
    </array>
</resources>

And to access:

TypedArray menuResources = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.menu_items);

TypedArray itemDef;

for (int i = 0; i < menuResources.length(); i++) {
    int resId = menuResources.getResourceId(i, -1);
    if (resId < 0) {
        continue;
    }

    itemDef = getResources().obtainTypedArray(resId);
    //itemDef.getDrawable(0)
    //itemDef.getString(1)
    //itemDef.getString(2)
}