Error in strings xml file in Android

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I have declared a long string in string xml of an application   Declared like this    lt string name  terms  gt PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY  BY ACCESSING THIS                   lt  string gt    But this gives the following error    error  Apostrophe not preceded by    in PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY

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You have to put   before an apostrophe  Like this       Also check that you are editing strings xml and not values xml  android studio directs you to this file when shows the error   Because if you edit values xml and try to compile again  the error persists  This was happening to me recently

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The best answer of simply escaping the   with    works but I do not like the solution because when using replace all with   to     it only works once  The second time you ll be left with       Therefore  use   u0027

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I use hebrew RTL language  in strings xml  I have manually searched the string xml for this char     than I added the escape char   infront of it   now it looks like      and still got the same error   I searched again for the char   and I replaced the char   with    eng writing    since it shows a right to left it looks like that    in the strings xml     Problem solved

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post your complete string  Though  my guess is there is an apostrophe     character in your string  replace it with      and it will fix the issue  for example     strings xml  lt string name  terms  gt  Hey Mr  Android  are you stuck   Here  I  ll clear a path for you     lt  string gt    Ref   http   www mrexcel com forum showthread php t 195353  https   code google com archive p replicaisland issues 48

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Solution Apostrophes in the strings xml should be written as       Example In my case I had an error with this string in my strings xml and I fixed it   lt item gt Most arguments can be ended with three words   quot I don  t care quot   lt  item gt   Here you see my app builds properly with that code   Here is the actual string in my app

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Use this regex    lt       for searching an unescaped apostrophe  It finds an apostrophe that not preceded by a backslash

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1  for error  unescaped apostrophe in string  what I found is that AAPT2 tool points to wrong row in xml  sometimes  So you should correct whole strings xml file  In Android Studio  in  problem file use    Edit- find- replace  Then write in first field     or   amp      lt      in second put   or  amp     lt     then replace each if needed  or  reptlace all  in case with    Then in first field again put   or  amp     lt     and in second write      then replace each if needed  or  replace all  in case with        2  for other  problematic symbols   I use to comment each next half part  rebuild  until i won t find the wrong sign   E g  an escaped  word   update  unexpectedly drops such error

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You may be able to use unicode equivalent both apostrophe and other characters which are not supported in xml string  Apostrophe s equivalent   is   u0027

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https   developer android com guide topics resources string-resource html FormattingAndStyling  Escaping apostrophes and quotes  If you have an apostrophe or a quote in your string  you must either escape it or enclose the whole string in the other type of enclosing quotes  For example  here are some stings that do and don t work    lt string name  good example  gt  This ll work  lt  string gt   lt string name  good example 2  gt This  ll also work lt  string gt   lt string name  bad example  gt This doesn t work lt  string gt   lt string name  bad example 2  gt XML encodings don amp apos t work lt  string gt

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