Android is ignoring /res/values-large/strings.xml

Issue

I want to use a different string resource on small screens but Android always uses the default string. Am I doing it wrong?

/res/values/strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="continue">Continue</string>
</resources>

/res/values-large/strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="continue">Continue to Next Page</string>
</resources>

@string/continue always resolves to "Continue", even on large screens. It does, however use the dimensions in /res/values-large/dimens.xml so I'm sure I'm using the right resource qualifier. I also tried /res/values-w550dp/strings.xml and it didn't work either.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation of Android?

Solution

values-large is only available for dimens and styles, but not for string resources.

one could possibly add custom string-arrays and then look them up accordingly.

see Android Resource Types.

Answered By - Martin Zeitler