Add Credits

The About screen shows a card for each person behind your app. You set them up in app/src/main/res/values/about_setup.xml.

How it works

The file has five lists. Each person gets one <item> in every list, in the same position. The first item of each list makes the first card, the second item makes the second card, and so on.

<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:ignore="ExtraTranslation,MissingTranslation">
    <string-array name="credits_photos" formatted="false" tools:ignore="TypographyDashes">
        <item>https://example.com/jane.png</item>
    </string-array>

    <string-array name="credits_titles">
        <item>Jane Doe</item>
    </string-array>

    <string-array name="credits_descriptions">
        <item>Designer and developer.</item>
    </string-array>

    <string-array name="credits_buttons">
        <item>Website|Instagram</item>
    </string-array>

    <string-array name="credits_links">
        <item>https://example.com|https://instagram.com/janedoe</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

List	What goes in each item
credits_photos	A direct link to the person’s photo
credits_titles	Their name
credits_descriptions	A short bio
credits_buttons	Button labels, separated by |
credits_links	The link for each button, separated by |, in the same order as the labels

To add a person, add one item to each of the five lists. To remove one, delete their item from each list.

Things to check

• Photos need a direct link to the image file, the kind that opens only the image in your browser. Share links usually open a web page instead, so the photo won’t load. For Google Drive, you can change the link so it works: see Using Google Drive. In this file, write the & in that link as &.
• Buttons and links must match. If a person has Website|Instagram, their links item needs exactly two links, in that order. Otherwise buttons open the wrong page.