diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsAppPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsAppPreferenceController.java
index 6351621d2e1..a46ae7a728c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsAppPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsAppPreferenceController.java
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ public class BiometricSettingsAppPreferenceController extends TogglePreferenceCo
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsKeyguardPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsKeyguardPreferenceController.java
index 4101963cf49..2d2255805cc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsKeyguardPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/combination/BiometricSettingsKeyguardPreferenceController.java
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ public class BiometricSettingsKeyguardPreferenceController extends TogglePrefere
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/face/FaceSettingsPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/face/FaceSettingsPreferenceController.java
index a8bff6b4197..bda078f2711 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/face/FaceSettingsPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/biometrics/face/FaceSettingsPreferenceController.java
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public abstract class FaceSettingsPreferenceController extends TogglePreferenceC
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/datetime/LocationTimeZoneDetectionPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/datetime/LocationTimeZoneDetectionPreferenceController.java
index 2bab3e97a86..93e6d0a9644 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/datetime/LocationTimeZoneDetectionPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/datetime/LocationTimeZoneDetectionPreferenceController.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class LocationTimeZoneDetectionPreferenceController
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/emergency/EmergencyGestureSoundPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/emergency/EmergencyGestureSoundPreferenceController.java
index 3d6695b1a37..52694af537c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/emergency/EmergencyGestureSoundPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/emergency/EmergencyGestureSoundPreferenceController.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class EmergencyGestureSoundPreferenceController extends TogglePreferenceC
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/flashlight/FlashlightSlice.java b/src/com/android/settings/flashlight/FlashlightSlice.java
index f18d7122cf7..eaf059aa673 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/flashlight/FlashlightSlice.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/flashlight/FlashlightSlice.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class FlashlightSlice implements CustomSliceable {
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // no landing page in Settings
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 
     private static String getCameraId(Context context) throws CameraAccessException {
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/TelephonyTogglePreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/TelephonyTogglePreferenceController.java
index 46f279db260..e3609cb214b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/TelephonyTogglePreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/network/telephony/TelephonyTogglePreferenceController.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract class TelephonyTogglePreferenceController extends TogglePreferen
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/BubbleNotificationPreferenceController.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/BubbleNotificationPreferenceController.java
index 9e3566498b0..eeb9924f50e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/BubbleNotificationPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/BubbleNotificationPreferenceController.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class BubbleNotificationPreferenceController extends
     @Override
     public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
         // not needed since it's not sliceable
-        return 0;
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/slices/Sliceable.java b/src/com/android/settings/slices/Sliceable.java
index 31555df0022..406cb3aeb73 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/slices/Sliceable.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/slices/Sliceable.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
+import androidx.annotation.StringRes;
 import androidx.slice.Slice;
 
 import com.android.settings.R;
@@ -135,10 +136,16 @@ public interface Sliceable {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return a resource ID that indicates which menu entry should be highlighted in multi-pane
-     * mode.
+     * Used to mark a {@link Sliceable} that has no highlight menu string resource.
      */
-    default int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
-        return 0;
+    int NO_RES = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * @return a string resource declared in res/values/menu_keys.xml that indicates which menu
+     * entry should be highlighted in two-pane mode, or {@link #NO_RES} representing highlighting is
+     * not applicable.
+     */
+    @StringRes default int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
+        return NO_RES;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/ProviderModelSliceHelperTest.java b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/ProviderModelSliceHelperTest.java
index df6a38b20a1..8687e5ada64 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/ProviderModelSliceHelperTest.java
+++ b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/network/ProviderModelSliceHelperTest.java
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public class ProviderModelSliceHelperTest {
 
         @Override
         public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
-            return 0;
+            return NO_RES;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/slices/SpecialCaseSliceManagerTest.java b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/slices/SpecialCaseSliceManagerTest.java
index 490b7bd62c6..38347e91ca1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/slices/SpecialCaseSliceManagerTest.java
+++ b/tests/unit/src/com/android/settings/slices/SpecialCaseSliceManagerTest.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class SpecialCaseSliceManagerTest {
 
         @Override
         public int getSliceHighlightMenuRes() {
-            return 0;
+            return NO_RES;
         }
     }
 }