String Resource new line n not possible

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It doesn t seem like it s possible to add a new line  n to an XML resource string  Is there another way of doing this

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don t put space after  n  otherwise  it won t work  I don t know the reason  but this trick worked for me pretty well

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Although the actual problem was with the forward slash still for those using backslash but still saw  n in their layout  Well i was also puzzled at first by why  n is not working in the layout but it seems that when you actually see that layout in an actual device it creates a line break so no need to worry what it shows on layout display screen your line breaks would be working perfectly fine on devices

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If you put   n  in a string in the xml file  it s taken as    n      So   I did     text   text Replace     n     n        text is taken from resX file     And then I get a line jump on the screen

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Very simple you have to just put            n where ever you want to break line in your string resource   For example   String s   my string resource have  n line break here

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I know this is pretty old question but it topped the list when I searched  So I wanted to update with another method  In the strings xml file you can do the  n or you can simply press enter    lt string name  quot Your string name quot   gt  This is your string      This is the second line of your string  n n Third line of your string  lt  string gt    This will result in the following on your TextView   This is your string  This is the second line of your string  Third line of your string   This is because there were two returns between the beginning declaration of the string and the new line  I also added the  n to it for clarity  as either can be used  I like to use the carriage returns in the xml to be able to see a list or whatever multiline string I have  My two cents

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I want to expand on this answer  What they meant is this icon     It opens a  real editor window  instead of the limited-feature text box in the big overview  In that editor window  special chars  linebreaks etc  are allowed and converted to the correct xml  code  when saved

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After I tried next solution  add  n add  n without spaces after it use  quot  quot  and press Enter inside text text with press Enter use lines 2  What solves me is br tag  lt string name  quot successfullyfeatured quot  gt successfully lt br  gt  You are now a member lt  string gt   Update the most reliable solution is to use Translation editor and edit text and it will handle new lines for you

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In the latest version of Android studio    n  is going to be printed like it was meant to be there unless the whole string it s in apostrophes  For Example    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt string name  title  gt  Hello nWorld   lt  string gt   lt  resources gt

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Just use  quot  n quot  in your strings xml file as below  lt string name  quot relaxing sounds quot  gt RELAXING nSOUNDS lt  string gt   Even if it doesn t looks 2 lines on layout actually it is 2 lines  Firstly you can check it on Translation Editor  Click the down button and you will see this image  Moreover if you run the app you will see that it is written in two lines

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I just faced this issue  didn t work on TextView with constraint parameters  Adding android lines  2  seems to fix this

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use a blackslash not a forwardslash    n  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt resources gt       lt string name  quot title quot  gt Hello nWorld  lt  string gt   lt  resources gt   Also  if you plan on using the string as HTML  you can use  amp lt br   amp gt  for a line break  lt br   gt    lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt resources gt       lt string name  quot title quot  gt Hello amp lt br   amp gt World  lt  string gt   lt  resources gt

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This is an old question  but I found that when you create a string like this   lt string name  quot newline test quot  gt My New line test lt  string gt   The output in your app will be like this  no newline  My New line test  When you put the string in quotation marks  lt string name  quot newline test quot  gt  quot My New line test quot  lt  string gt   the newline will appear  My  New line test

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When using the translations editor in Android Studio just click the icon to the right  or use Shift-Enter on Windows  Alt Option-Enter on MacOS  and then add line breaks using return  This will insert  n correctly in the localized strings xml

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