Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method

Question

Building a multi-language application in Java. Getting an error when inserting String value from R.string resource XML file:

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Answer 1

getText is a member of the your Activity so it must be called when "this" exists. Your static variable is initialized when your class is loaded before your Activity is created.

Since you want the variable to be initialized from a Resource string then it cannot be static. If you want it to be static you can initialize it with the String value.