Adding new lines in strings in XML files

Question

I'm trying to create a game but am currently facing an issue with rendering text from Strings.xml to a SurfaceView.

Example Strings:

<string name="somestring">Some String
              SOme more string</string>

<string name="somestring">Some String\nSOme more string</string>

The two above are the attempts I have tried, but it still shows up as single line when drawn on canvas using canvas.drawText(getString(R.string.<resource>));

How can I make it show as two lines, preferably without splitting the Strings?

try adding `android:lines="2"` to the xml. – Vucko Jul 20 '16 at 16:40 — Vucko, Jul 20 '16 at 16:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '16 at 16:37

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Things don't work same while drawing stuff on canvas in android!

drawText() twice with an offset Y-position to simulate a newline!

canvas.drawText("Some String", 100, 100, paint);
canvas.drawText("SOme more string", 100, 150, paint);

answered Jul 20 '16 at 16:37

johnrao07

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Yes, the \n should work ok on Android check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5460256/string-resource-new-line-n-not-possible) – 4gus71n Jul 20 '16 at 16:39
\n works with raw code, but it doesn't appear to work with xml files – Zoe Jul 20 '16 at 18:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '18 at 19:57

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¿Can you try this?

<string name="example">"Some string
        hey"</string>

The line break should work because the string is wrapped in quotes.

answered Jan 19 '18 at 19:57

cutiko

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '18 at 19:48

I'm no expert but it ocurres me that you can use an special char like "-" in your xml file and the replace it with java code with the "\n" char.

String somesTring = getString(R.string.<resource>).replace("-","\n");

Then use it in drawtext

This works if drawtext allows "\n" char.

Regards!

Adding new lines in strings in XML files

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