diff --git a/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp b/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
index bccf73e..b54b1e1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt/ResourceTable.cpp
@@ -1363,11 +1363,11 @@
                     size_t length;
                     const char16_t* attr = block.getAttributeName(i, &length);
                     if (strcmp16(attr, name16.c_str()) == 0) {
-                        name.setTo(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
+                        name = String16(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
                     } else if (strcmp16(attr, translatable16.c_str()) == 0) {
-                        translatable.setTo(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
+                        translatable = String16(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
                     } else if (strcmp16(attr, formatted16.c_str()) == 0) {
-                        formatted.setTo(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
+                        formatted = String16(block.getAttributeStringValue(i, &length));
                     }
                 }
                 
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@
                 } else {
                     ssize_t sep = ident.findLast('.');
                     if (sep >= 0) {
-                        parentIdent.setTo(ident, sep);
+                        parentIdent = String16(ident, sep);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -2831,10 +2831,10 @@
                 String8 config;
                 comma = strchr(start, ',');
                 if (comma != NULL) {
-                    config.setTo(start, comma - start);
+                    config = String8(start, comma - start);
                     start = comma + 1;
                 } else {
-                    config.setTo(start);
+                    config = start;
                 }
 
                 if (!locale.initFromFilterString(config)) {