Add new values to existing resource array

Question

I have a res/values String-array that I would like users to be able to add new elements to via a form. I saw a post from 2011 that asked this question ( How to update arrays in res/values/array.xml by code? ) however, the answer stated that resource arrays are read-only at run time. I was wondering if anything has changed since 2011 that would allow users the ability to update the resource array (add new strings to it).

Answer 1

Unfortunately resource values are still immutable. They are generated when your project is compiled and overriden on every compilation. There is a corresponding warning here in the documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/accessing-resources.html