xamarin.android - (Android Xamarin) Get Resource string value instead of int -

im starting create simple android app use of xamarin using vs2012. know there type of resource strings. in resource folder, have xml file this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources>    <string name="recordstable">records</string>    <string name="projecttable">projects</string>    <string name="activitiestable">activities</string> </resources> 

in code, want use values of resources like:

string recordtable = resource.string.recordstable; //error, data type incompatibility 

i know resource.string.<key> returns integer cant use code above. hoping recordtable variable have value of records.

is there way can use value of resource string code's string variables?

try using resources.getstring getting string string resources

context context = this; // resources object our context android.content.res.resources res = context.resources; // string resource, above. string recordtable = res.getstring(resource.string.recordstable);