I know that this is possible in eclipse by following the advice here: Android: resource String automatic generation
But I can't seem to find if this is possible in android studio yet. Anybody know how to do this?
Basically I would like to take a hardcoded string and auto create a @string reference in my main values.xml or strings.xml.
Alt+Enter, Extract String Resource while the caret is inside the hardcoded string:
The same should work in XML files as well, and it does work in IntelliJ IDEA, but seems to be broken in the current version of the Android Studio:
Android Studio 0.1.3 shows the folded text in XML layouts that it extracts from the string resources, but it fails to navigate back to the resource and doesn't offer to extract resources from the hardcoded strings inside XML. It appears to be a bug.
What seems to be missing from the above answers is that, in Android Studio, you must place the cursor in the string, click the mouse, and press Alt + Enter to bring up the Extract String Resource dialog
alt+Enter work when your setting string resource is on,
how to on string resource extractor
Goto Android studio 'Help' -> Find action -> type "extract string resource"
You will find a ON / OFF button. Switch on the option.