如何从String.xml检查引用

Question

Is there any way to check String reference from String.xml

I have many String in String.xml but i want to remove some unused String's. i am not finding any way to check that which String used by other class's.

so how can i get infomation about used String's in String.xml

if i check one by one it will take whole day.

Answer 1

Lint can help you. Try to check your project. Look at the screen :

Answer 2

In Eclipse if you updated android sdk Lint tool will automatically come with a plugin, it will give warnings about xml resources which are not referenced.

Check this link

http://tools.android.com/recent/neweclipselintui

Answer 3

On the command line, you can use android lint (as said in the comment by @Lalit Poptani ). Inside the project, you just type

ant lint

The warnings look like

Warning: The resource R.string.... appears to be unused
[UnusedResources]
[lint] some text