Line Break in XML formatting?
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 <br>
works but ECLIPSE marks the area as problematic. If I check out suggestions Eclipse tells me that I shall add a end tag </br>
- 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?
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: <b>
for bold text, <i>
for italics, and <u>
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
If you are refering to res strings, use CDATA with \n.
<string name="about">
<![CDATA[
Author: Sergio Abreu\n
http://sites.sitesbr.net
]]>
</string>
Also you can add <br> instead of \n.
And then you can add text to TexView:
articleTextView.setText(Html.fromHtml(textForTextView));
Take note: I have seen other posts that say 

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.