ADT shows error in Strings.xml

Question

I updated my ADT to the latest version after Gingerbread was released. And now

<string name="date_format">%d:%d %s</string>

shows the following error

Multiple annotations found at this line:
- error: Multiple substitutions specified in non-positional format; did you mean to add the formatted="false" 
 attribute?
- error: Unexpected end tag string

Previous ADT version worked fine. Am I doing something wrong? I get this error whenever there are more than 1 format specifiers.

In my case, I wrongly entered the formatting param as 1%$s, instead of %1$s. — Ashokchakravarthi Nagarajan, Mar 30 '16 at 13:31

score 46 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '10 at 23:09

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Or, alternatively, you can modify your % format specifiers to use argument indices, like so:

<string name="date_format">%1$d:%2$d %3$s</string>

More info on the Formatter class in the Android Reference Docs.

answered Dec 29 '10 at 23:09

hopia

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I feel this is a better answer than the accepted answer. – karthik prasad Oct 10 '16 at 18:14

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Try doing the following

<string name="date_format" formatted="false">%d:%d %s</string>

The detailed explanation can be found in the answer to this question: Android XML Percent Symbol

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Dec 19 '10 at 19:07

Eric Levine

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I know this thread is dead, but thanks a lot. For whatever reason a lot of the SDK demos/examples have this problem. – kmarks2 Feb 22 '11 at 15:36
This looks like a work-around, so I think hopia's answer is to be preferred - that one looks like cooperating properly with the Android Asset Packaging Tool. – Tommy Herbert Jun 04 '12 at 14:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 26 '15 at 09:09

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I'm also seeing this error cause of a typo:%$3s. Should be %3$s.

Just for somebody who is stupid like me:)

answered Nov 26 '15 at 09:09

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ADT shows error in Strings.xml

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