Android Resources Standards

Priority: P2

Implementation Guidelines

Strings

• No Hardcoding: UI text MUST be in strings.xml.
• Formatting: Use format args (%s, %d) instead of concatenation.
• Plurals: Use <plurals> for quantities.

Assets / Drawables

• Vectors: Prefer VectorDrawables (.xml) over RASTER images.
• Dark Mode: Use values-night or Theme attributes (MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary) instead of hardcoded colors.

Anti-Patterns

• Concatenation in UI: **No String Concat**: Use resource templates.
• Hardcoded Strings: **No hardcoded text**: Extract to XML.

References

• XML Structure