How to write character in android strings xml

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I wrote the following in the strings xml file    lt string name  game settings dragNDropMove checkBox  gt Move by Drag amp Drop lt  string gt    I got the following error   The reference to entity  Drop  must end with the     delimiter    How can I write character  amp  in the strings xml

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Encode it    amp amp

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You can find all the HTML Special Characters in this page http   www degraeve com reference specialcharacters php Just replace the code where you want to put that character   -

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Mac and Android studio users   Type your char such as   amp  in the string xml or layout and choose  Option  and  return  keys  Please refer the screen shot

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It should be like this     lt string name  game settings dragNDropMove checkBox  gt Move by Drag amp amp Drop lt  string gt

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It is also possible put the contents of your string into a XML CDATA  like Android Studio does for you when you Extract string resource   lt string name  game settings dragNDropMove checkBox  gt  lt   CDATA Move by Drag amp Drop   gt  lt  string gt

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To avoid the error  use extract string    lt string name  travels tours pvt ltd  gt  lt   CDATA Travels  amp  Tours  Pvt  Ltd    gt  lt  string gt

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You can write in this way    lt string name  you me  gt You  amp  38  Me lt string gt    Output  You   38  Me

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Even your question is answered  still i want tell more entities same like this  These are html entities  so in android you will write them like   Replace below with     amp  with  amp amp   gt  with  amp gt   lt  with  amp lt    with  amp quot    amp ldquo  or  amp rdquo    with  amp apos    amp lsquo  or  amp rsquo    with  amp  125

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This may be very old  But for those whose looking for a quick code    public String handleEscapeCharacter  String str         String   escapeCharacters       amp gt      amp lt      amp amp      amp quot      amp apos          String   onReadableCharacter      gt      lt      amp                      for  int i   0  i  lt  escapeCharacters length  i              str   str replace escapeCharacters i   onReadableCharacter i          return str       That handles escape characters  you can add characters and symbols on their respective arrays   -Cheers

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For special character I normally use the Unicode definition  for the   amp   for example   u0026 if I am correct  Here is a nice reference page  http   jrgraphix net research unicode blocks php block 0

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This is a my issues  my solution is as following  Use  amp gt  for  lt    amp lt for  gt     amp amp  for  amp       for      amp quot for

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