Associative Arrays in Android or Java

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Is it possible to do associative arrays in Android? Are there libraries that enable this, if not natively?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5122913/java-associative-array — ambagesia, Jun 24 '11 at 19:38
Yes, the other thread was already there, but it's for Java. I was hoping there might be an associative array support in Android — ina, Jun 24 '11 at 21:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '11 at 19:42

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Android supports the Java Collections Framework. You can use a Map object for associative storage and retrieval. The Java language does not support subscripting notation for associative access; you need to use method calls (get, put, etc.) for that.

answered Jun 24 '11 at 19:42

Ted Hopp

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Is it possible to write associate array in Android arrays.xml file? – twlkyao Jan 03 '14 at 02:03
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@twlkyao - Check out [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10196015/android-is-it-possible-to-define-a-map-in-an-xml-file/10196618#10196618). – Ted Hopp Jan 03 '14 at 02:56
Thanks for your help. – twlkyao Jan 03 '14 at 05:36

Associative Arrays in Android or Java

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