Are parameters in strings.xml possible? [duplicate]

Yes, just format your strings in the standard String.format() way.

See the method Context.getString(int, Object...) and the Android or Java Formatter documentation.

In your case, the string definition would be:

<string name="timeFormat">%1$d minutes ago</string>

If you need two variables in the XML, you can use:

%1$d text... %2$d or %1$s text... %2$s for string variables.

Example :

strings.xml

<string name="notyet">Website %1$s isn\'t yet available, I\'m working on it, please wait %2$s more days</string>

activity.java

String site = "site.tld";String days = "11";//Toast exampleString notyet = getString(R.string.notyet, site, days);Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), notyet, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

If you need to format your strings using String.format(String, Object...), then you can do so by putting your format arguments in the string resource. For example, with the following resource:

<string name="welcome_messages">Hello, %1$s! You have %2$d new messages.</string>

In this example, the format string has two arguments: %1$s is a string and %2$d is a decimal number. You can format the string with arguments from your application like this:

Resources res = getResources();String text = String.format(res.getString(R.string.welcome_messages), username, mailCount);

If you wish more look at: http://developer.android.com/intl/pt-br/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#FormattingAndStyling