MessageFormat

Kotlin |Java

class MessageFormat

Summary

Public companion functions
`String`	`format(context: Context, id: Int, namedArguments: Map<String, Any>)` Formats a message pattern from Android resource for the default locale with a variable number of name/value pair arguments.
`String`	`format( context: Context, locale: Locale, msg: String, namedArguments: Map<String, Any> )` Formats a message pattern string with a variable number of name/value pair arguments.

Public companion functions

format

fun format(context: Context, id: Int, namedArguments: Map<String, Any>): String

Formats a message pattern from Android resource for the default locale with a variable number of name/value pair arguments. Creates an ICU MessageFormat for Locale.getDefault() and pattern, and formats with the arguments.

Parameters
`context: Context`	Android context object
`id: Int`	Android string resource ID representing ICU-MessageFormat-syntax string
`namedArguments: Map<String, Any>`	map of argument name to argument value

format

fun format(
    context: Context,
    locale: Locale = Locale.getDefault(),
    msg: String,
    namedArguments: Map<String, Any>
): String

Formats a message pattern string with a variable number of name/value pair arguments. Creates an ICU MessageFormat for the locale and pattern, and formats with the arguments.

Parameters
`context: Context`	Android context object. Used to retrieve user preferences.
`locale: Locale = Locale.getDefault()`	Locale for number formatting and plural selection etc.
`msg: String`	an ICU-MessageFormat-syntax string
`namedArguments: Map<String, Any>`	map of argument name to argument value