Line Break in XML formatting

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when editing a String in XML I need to add line breaks  And I wanted to ask what is the RIGHT form when programming for android  Because  lt br gt  works but ECLIPSE marks the area as problematic  If I check out suggestions Eclipse tells me that I shall add a end tag  lt  br gt  - IF I add that the line break dissapears     So the one works but is marked as problematic  the other works not but Eclipse tells me its ok    What form shall I use

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Take note  I have seen other posts that say  amp  xA  will give you a paragraph break  which oddly enough works in the Android xml String xml file  but will NOT show up in a device when testing  no breaks at all show up   Therefore  the  n shows up on both

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Use  n for a line break and  t if you want to insert a tab   You can also use some XML tags for basic formatting   lt b gt  for bold text   lt i gt  for italics  and  lt u gt  for underlined text   Other formatting options are shown in this article on the Android Developers  site  https   developer android com guide topics resources string-resource html FormattingAndStyling

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Also you can add  lt br gt  instead of  n   And then you can add text to TexView   articleTextView setText Html fromHtml textForTextView

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If you are refering to res strings  use CDATA with  n    lt string name  about  gt       lt   CDATA   Author  Sergio Abreu n  http   sites sitesbr net      gt           lt  string gt

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Here is what I use when I don t have access to the source string  e g  for downloaded HTML      replace newlines with  lt br gt  public static String replaceNewlinesWithBreaks String source        return source    null   source replaceAll      n  r n     lt br gt              For XML you should probably edit that to replace with  lt br  gt  instead   Example of its use in a function  additional calls removed for clarity       remove HTML tags but preserve supported HTML text styling  if there is any  public static CharSequence getStyledTextFromHtml String source        return android text Html fromHtml replaceNewlinesWithBreaks source           and a further example   textView setText getStyledTextFromHtml someString

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