How can I escape "&" in XML?

Question

I write

 <string name="magazine">Newspaper & Magazines</string>

in file strings.xml.

But the compiler says:

The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference. strings.xml /OOReaderWidget/res/values line 9 Android XML Format Problem

How can I show a "&" in strings.xml?

XML and HTML are similar, but where is the corresponding canonical Stack Overflow question for HTML? (Many search engine hits end up here.) — Peter Mortensen, Nov 08 '21 at 23:30

score 528 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 08 '21 at 22:30

528

Use & in place of &.

Change it to:

<string name="magazine">Newspaper &amp; Magazines</string>

edited Nov 08 '21 at 22:30

Peter Mortensen

answered Sep 21 '12 at 05:47

6

Just in case anyone reaches this question the same i did, there is the list of escape characters in .xml files and how to escape them: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQTP_liberty/com.ibm.websphere.wlp.doc/ae/rwlp_xml_escape.html – Nisim Naim Jun 07 '18 at 06:25

score 102 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 08 '21 at 22:45

102

& → &

< → <

> → >

edited Nov 08 '21 at 22:45

Peter Mortensen

answered Sep 21 '12 at 05:49

xshoppyx

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 23 '18 at 18:20

13

You can use & in place of &

edited Nov 23 '18 at 18:20

dub stylee

answered Sep 21 '12 at 05:50

Kurt

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