How to force a meta-data value to type string?
android, android-manifest
Solution
Putting an escaped space in front of the number seems to work:
<meta-data android:name="foo" android:value="\ 1234567890"/>
The escaped space doesn't appear in the value returned by `get()`.
I have no idea quite how this works, if I'm honest.
If you want something documented and therefore more reliable you can always put your string value as a resource and refer to it:
<meta-data android:name="foo" android:resource="@string/mynumber"/>
Problem
I specified a meta-data in my manifest.xml like this: ``` <meta-data android:value="5555555555" android:name="foo"></meta-data> ``` When accessing the metadata like this: ``` ActivityInfo ai = act.getPackageManager().getActivityInfo(componentName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA); Object value = (Object)ai.metaData.get(key); ``` this value gets interpreted as int and - more importantly - incorrectly interpreted (1260588259). Since the type is determined automatically by the build system ( booleans, ints, floats, and strings ) I wondered if there is any way to force the data type to string. I tried adding a space at the end ( "5555555555 "), but then the value gets interpreted as 5.5555553E9 float! ). I also tried using `getString` instead of `get`, but then null is returned. Any ideas? TIA.