i am trying to use the strings.xml file as much as possible for constant strings but there are places where eclipse is showing me errors.

Whenever i call a method, i want to send a string from the strings.xml file but using it generates an error which says it cannot use an int instead of a string.

example: showAlert("Delete Confirmation",...) works where as this doesn't. showAlert(R.strings.delete_confirmation,....)

Does anybody know of a possible workaround for this.

Thanks.

the R resources are integer values. probably an in-memory address of the strings constants. you'll have to read the string_located_at_(R.strings.delete_confirmation)

haven't coded Android in a while but it should be like this:

Thanks. It worked.