Is it possible to extend string resources lookup in Android?

Question

I have a multilanguage application that uses the standard xml files to provide string values in different laguages.

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res/values/strings.xml
res/values-es/strings.xml
res/values-pt/strings.xml
...

What I want to do is override the normal behavior of Android to look for a resource somewhere else before looking into the standard xml files.

So when the code calls getResources().getString() a custom code would look into an alternative resource file before falling back into the standard getString implementation.

Is there any way to achieve this?

thanks!

Answer 1

Is there any way to achieve this?

No. For your own invocations of getString(), you can wrap those calls in your own code to check "somewhere else".

Answer 2

The part you intend to achieve is not possible as Android by default would look only i the res folder for the required resources.