Nested Arrays in Android xml
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)}