array contain the string

Question

I have the array in Arrays.xml

<string-array name="text_language">
    <item> English</item>
    <item> Russian</item>
</string-array>

How can I check, array contain the string (for example from EditText)?

Maybe,

 if(getResources().getStringArray(R.array.text_language).contains(" "));

does not work.

Lol ... to *check, array contain the string* you have to: "check size of array" or "use .isEmpty();" or "use array.length==0 " ... guys do you read the question? — Selvin, Apr 03 '18 at 09:11
USe like that getResources().getStringArray(R.array.text_language).length==0 — Nikunj Patel, Apr 03 '18 at 09:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '18 at 09:16

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Below code works perfect:

String[] myArray = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.array);
List<String> mList = Arrays.asList(myArray );
if(mList .contains("your_value")){
   System.out.println("String Exists");
}

answered Apr 03 '18 at 09:16

Girish Arora

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Thank you!! It is work for me – Apr 03 '18 at 09:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '18 at 09:19

Same as MeosCoder, but here .equals() instead of contains()

As contains() will return a part of matched string, we should .equals() to properly find the data whether its available or not.

String[] array = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.yourarray);
for (String data: array) {
    if (data.equals(your_data)) {
        //data is there
    }else{
        //your_data is not in array
    }
}

array contain the string

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