new android project share/copy the same string.xml file.

Question

Hi guys, I am new to the android development as well as eclipse IDE, but I do have some experience in using Java (Used to work with C# in vs2008 before). Right now I have both Eclipse and Android SDK up and running. I did manage to do the "Hello, world" in android. But when ever I am making a new project it shows up in the solution explorer next to the previous project "Hello, World" and it shares/copy the string.xml, so when ever I run it, it give me Hello World previous project result.

Please tell me what to do and thank you.

Answer 1

Are you sure it is sharing the file? Whenever you create a new Android project in Eclipse, it will make a default strings.xml for you, containing:

<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, [...]!</string>
<string name="app_name">[...]</string>
</resources>

And your new projects will simply appear below your old ones in the Eclipse Navigator/Package Explorer (if you are using the same workspace). You can switch workspace or remove the old HelloWorld project if you don't want it to be there.

If you try to 'run' a particular file in a project it will only run the associated project, so there is no harm in having multiple projects in a workspace.