R.string.value Help android notification

Question

whats the deal with

 CharSequence contentTitle = R.string.value;

Error cannot convert from int to CharSequence. Is there a way around this or a

Answer 1

To retrieve the string, you need to use getString(),

but getString() is a method from Context class. If you want to use this method outside your Activity class, you should get link to your context first and then call:

String s = mContext.getString(R.string.somestring)