android - String xml file in Flutter

Question

In flutter string text are directly set to the TextField widget like:

new Text('Hello,  How are you?')

Is correct way ? or we can maintain all string in one file and use it like:

<string name="name_hint">Hello, How are you?</string>

Is it possible ?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50067455/string-xml-file-in-flutter

Answer 1

Flutter currently doesn’t have a dedicated resources-like system for strings. At the moment, the best practice is to hold your copy text in a class as static fields and accessing them from there. For example:

class Strings {
  static const String welcomeMessage = "Welcome To Flutter";
}

Then in your code, you can access your strings as such:

Text(Strings.welcomeMessage)

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Edit May '19:

There's now this package that allows you to create json files with your Strings. It will allow you to create Strings for plurals, genders and languages etc

You can create a separate json file for each language like so:

string_en.json

{
"thanks": "Thanks."
}

string_nl.json

{    
"thanks": "Dankjewel."
}

And then use this to access it

S.of(context).thanks;

It will know which language to choose based on your phone's default language.