String cannot contain two '%'

Question

This is all happening in my Project -> res -> values -> strings.xml file.

My string is as follows:

<string name="Bellowy">"During its action, if HP is less than 50%, increase all your creatures ATK by 30% during their next basic ATK"</string>

The console outputs this error strings.xml:98: error: Unexpected end tag string. I've identified that having two % signs does not register correctly in the R.java file. How can I fix this error and have two % signs in my Strings.xml?

Try `%%` instead of `%`. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4414389/android-xml-percent-symbol — aioobe, Jun 17 '15 at 06:31
Thanks! Oddly enough, 1 `%` compiles fine, but using 2 of them in a string causes errors :O — krikara, Jun 17 '15 at 06:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:37

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It must be creating some trouble due to percent encoding '%' is an escape character. You can use %%

answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:37

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:38

As i used you can eliminate this problem by two ways

Add formatted attribute

<string name="Bellowy" formatted="false">"During its action, if HP is less than 50%, increase all your creatures ATK by 30% during their next basic ATK"</string>

Add %% instead of %

<string name="Bellowy">"During its action, if HP is less than 50%%, increase all your creatures ATK by 30%% during their next basic ATK"</string>

String cannot contain two '%'

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