Hi
In "Hello Android" book that i am reading , there is a sentence about usefulness of Resources that i can't understand .
Please give me some help about it .
The paragraph is :
"The resource compiler compresses and packs your resources and then
generates a class named R that contains identifiers you use to reference
those resources in your program. This is a little different from standard
Java resources, which are referenced by key strings.
Doing it this way
allows Android to make sure all your references are valid and saves
space by not having to store all those resource keys. Eclipse uses a
similar method to store and reference the resources in Eclipse plug-ins."
The underlined sentence has two part .
I understand part one in this way :
When there is some error in for example XML lay out files in Android project in Eclipse
IDE ,
The IDE does not work correctly and some red signs are appeared next to files that have
error in left side project browser of Eclipse.
Is the thing that i understood is correct and complete ???
And about part two .
I cant understand it . What it says ??
Thanks for your help