Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.res.Resources; import android.content.res.TypedArray; public class Main { public static String[] getItemStrings(Resources res, int iconsRes) { if (iconsRes == 0) return null; TypedArray array = res.obtainTypedArray(iconsRes); int n = array.length(); String ids[] = new String[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { ids[i] = res.getString(array.getResourceId(i, 0)); } array.recycle(); return ids; } }