Hour 4. Managing Application Resources

Android applications rely upon strings, graphics, and other types of resources to generate robust user interfaces. Android projects can include these resources, using a well-defined project resource hierarchy. In this hour, we review the most common types of resources used by Android applications, how they are stored, and how they can be accessed programmatically.

Using Application and System Resources

Resources are broken down into two types: application resources and system ...

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