Moving main url out of strings.xml

[VarunBarad]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The main url for the website (https://dev.to) is stored as a string resource. It currently works because the url is not being used at any place where a string-resource can't be accessed. But later as things are moved over to native code, there will be requirement to use that url where it is not possible to access a string resource.
For example, Retrofit is the most popular networking library and it becomes easier to integrate Retrofit when we don't have the base-url in a string resource.

Describe the solution you'd like
We move the main url of the website to a Constants.kt file in which we store all such urls.

Additional context
The url I am mentioning is located in the linked file: https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-Android/blob/master/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

[jeremy-wenzel]

This is a good idea but I think the placement of the url should be elsewhere. I don't foresee it changing but having the url defined in the build.gradle and assigning during the build to be retrieved from the BuildConfig might be a better option. This allows the app to be a little more modular and still defines the url in a constants file that can be retrieved by anyone (android and java code). Just thinking out loud though.

[maestromac]

Thanks for pointing this out @VarunBarad. I agree with @jhw866 : having it assigned at the higher level sounds more impactful.

[VarunBarad]

I too agree with @jhw866 and suggest that we define both a BuildConfig (that value will be available in Java/Kotlin code) and a resourceConfig (this value will be available to access in xml resource files).
If everything is fine with this approach then I can make the change and open a PR.

[maestromac]

Resolved with #27