Android Resource - Array of Arrays

You can almost do what you want. You have to declare each array separately and then an array of references. Something like this:

<string-array name="array01">    <item name="id">1</item>    <item name="title">item one</item></string-array><!-- etc. --><array name="array0">    <item>@array/array01</item>    <!-- etc. --></array>

Then in your code you do something like this:

Resources res = getResources();TypedArray ta = res.obtainTypedArray(R.array.array0);int n = ta.length();String[][] array = new String[n][];for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {    int id = ta.getResourceId(i, 0);    if (id > 0) {        array[i] = res.getStringArray(id);    } else {        // something wrong with the XML    }}ta.recycle(); // Important!

according to @Ted Hopp answer, more elegant way:

<integer-array name="id_array">    <item>1</item>    <item>2</item>    <item>3</item></integer-array><string-array name="name_array">    <item>name 1</item>    <item>name 2</item>    <item>name 3</item></string-array><array name="array0">    <item>@array/id_array</item>    <item>@array/name_array</item></array>

make sure sub arrays row count is identical.
enjoy write code to access array cells!
android is still a kid while maintain the ugly "item" tag of the TypedArray "array0".
in my opinion, the most flexible should be:

<array name="array0">    <integer-array name="id_array">        <item>1</item>        <item>2</item>        <item>3</item>    </integer-array>    <string-array name="name_array">        <item>name 1</item>        <item>name 2</item>        <item>name 3</item>    </string-array></array>

but don't do that because that's not android way :)

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/more-resources.html#Color

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><resources>    <array name="icons">        <item>@drawable/home</item>        <item>@drawable/settings</item>        <item>@drawable/logout</item>    </array>    <array name="colors">        <item>#FFFF0000</item>        <item>#FF00FF00</item>        <item>#FF0000FF</item>    </array></resources>

This application code retrieves each array and then obtains the first entry in each array:

Resources res = getResources();TypedArray icons = res.obtainTypedArray(R.array.icons);Drawable drawable = icons.getDrawable(0);TypedArray colors = res.obtainTypedArray(R.array.colors);int color = colors.getColor(0,0);