title: Is it possible to do string substitution in Android resource XML files directly?
body: <p>In my android app, I have a large string resource xml file.  I want to make reference and reuse declared resources values within String values.  Is it possible to have the R class resolve referenced values (a la @string/db_table_name)?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;resources&gt;
  &lt;string name="db_table_name"&gt;tbl_name&lt;/string&gt;
  &lt;string name="ddl"&gt;create table @string/tbl_name&lt;/string&gt;
  &lt;/resources&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way of doing this.  In regular Java world, some tools use ${varname} expression to resolve reference.  Can this be done at all in Android?</p>