writing some characters like '<' in an xml file
Another way to insert special character follow Moss guide: How can I write character & in android strings.xml by used Unicode definition:
Example:
<string name="item_unknown">\u003c Item Unknown \u003e</string>which present in string :
< Item Unknown >
I stumbled upon this question, as I use HTML markup in my strings.
If you refer to the Android String Resources documentation,in the section:"Styling with HTML markup"you will see that in strings.xml, you need to use < for an opening bracket, but you can safely use backslash and a closing bracket. For example:
<b>Text</b>can be written as:
<b>Text</b>in your strings.xml.
If using this HTML string in your code, you can use:
Html.fromHtml( getResources().getString(R.string.yourHTMLString ) and the output will be your bold string!