android strings 1 s,java - How to search for a String in Android's Strings.xml? - Stack Overflow

companion object {

val TAG: String = "EffectsDescription"

fun fromStringsXml(string: String, context: Context): String {

val ss = string.toLowerCase().replace(" ", "_");

Log.d(TAG, "gonna search for " + ss);

val s = searchForString(ss, context);

Log.d(TAG, "found: " + s);

return s ?: "ERROR"

}

private fun searchForString(message: String, context: Context): String? {

return try {

val resId: Int = context.resources.getIdentifier(message, "string", context.packageName)

Resources.getSystem().getString(resId)

} catch (e: Exception) {

null

}

}

}

and I'm calling from Java like this:

EffectDescription.Companion.fromStringsXml(effectOrCategory, MainActivity.this.getApplicationContext())

but I get ERROR for all variables. I'm logging them just to see if they match strings in my strings.xml and they do. For example I have

Distortion

and it says

gonna search for distortion

found: null