diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeResources.java b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeResources.java
index 163fbcb..3b7bf85 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeResources.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeResources.java
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public final class BridgeResources extends Resources {
 
     private BridgeContext mContext;
@@ -278,7 +275,7 @@
      * always Strings. The ideal signature for the method should be &lt;T super String&gt;, but java
      * generics don't support it.
      */
-    private <T extends CharSequence> T[] fillValues(ArrayResourceValue resValue, T[] values) {
+    <T extends CharSequence> T[] fillValues(ArrayResourceValue resValue, T[] values) {
         int i = 0;
         for (Iterator<String> iterator = resValue.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeTypedArray.java b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeTypedArray.java
index 6a61090..31dd3d9 100644
--- a/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeTypedArray.java
+++ b/tools/layoutlib/bridge/src/android/content/res/BridgeTypedArray.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package android.content.res;
 
+import com.android.ide.common.rendering.api.ArrayResourceValue;
 import com.android.ide.common.rendering.api.AttrResourceValue;
 import com.android.ide.common.rendering.api.LayoutLog;
 import com.android.ide.common.rendering.api.RenderResources;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import android.annotation.Nullable;
+import android.content.res.Resources.NotFoundException;
 import android.content.res.Resources.Theme;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
@@ -740,12 +742,20 @@
      */
     @Override
     public CharSequence[] getTextArray(int index) {
-        String value = getString(index);
-        if (value != null) {
-            return new CharSequence[] { value };
+        if (!hasValue(index)) {
+            return null;
         }
-
-        return null;
+        ResourceValue resVal = mResourceData[index];
+        if (resVal instanceof ArrayResourceValue) {
+            ArrayResourceValue array = (ArrayResourceValue) resVal;
+            int count = array.getElementCount();
+            return count >= 0 ? mBridgeResources.fillValues(array, new CharSequence[count]) : null;
+        }
+        int id = getResourceId(index, 0);
+        String resIdMessage = id > 0 ? " (resource id 0x" + Integer.toHexString(id) + ')' : "";
+        throw new NotFoundException(
+                String.format("%1$s in %2$s%3$s is not a valid array resource.",
+                        resVal.getValue(), mNames[index], resIdMessage));
     }
 
     @Override