How to write character & in android strings.xml

I wrote the following in the strings.xml file:

<string name="game_settings_dragNDropMove_checkBox">Move by Drag&Drop</string>

I got the following error:

The reference to entity "Drop" must end with the ';' delimiter.

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How can I write character & in the strings.xml?

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Encode it:

&

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For special character I normally use the Unicode definition, for the '&' 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 > for >, <for < , & for & ,"'" for ' , &quot for \"\"

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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:

& with &
> with >
< with &lt;
" with &quot;, &ldquo; or &rdquo;
' with &apos;, &lsquo; or &rsquo;
} with &#125;

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It should be like this :

<string name="game_settings_dragNDropMove_checkBox">Move by Drag&amp;Drop</string>

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& in string like:

<string name="string_abc">Translate &amp; Scan Objects</string>

Output will be:

Translate & Scan Objects

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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

<string name="game_settings_dragNDropMove_checkBox"><![CDATA[Move by Drag&Drop]]></string>

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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 = { ">", "<", "&", """, "'" };
    String[] onReadableCharacter = {">", "<", "&", "\"\"", "'"};
    for (int i = 0; i < 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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To avoid the error, use extract string:

<string name="travels_tours_pvt_ltd"><![CDATA[Travels & Tours (Pvt) Ltd.]]></string>

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You can write in this way

<string name="you_me">You &#38; Me<string>

Output: You & Me

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Mac and Android studio users:

Type your char such as & in the string.xml or layout and choose "Option" and "return" keys. Please refer the screen shot

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If you want to hardcode the string in xml directly, you can add it up this way.

  <TextView 
     android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
     android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
     android:layout_centerVertical="true"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="You &amp; Me"

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The simplest way I've found is to replace the '&' with the Unicode equivalent. So for the example given write:

<string name="game_settings_dragNDropMove_checkBox">Move by Drag\u0026Drop</string>

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I'm posting this because none of the above encodings worked for me.

I found that replacing the ampersand with the sequence: & worked as an xml string resource. As in:

<string name="webLink"><a href="https://www.example.com?param1=option1&#38;param2=option2">click here</a></string>