Emoji in strings.xml file?

Question

My string.xml is utf-8.

<string name="id">Hi \u0026</string>

^This worked. and showed as: Hi &.

But this does not work with this emoji :

<string name="id">Hi \u1F448</string>

https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1F448

How can I make it work with ?

this link can help you https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35792856/emoji-symbol-in-string-xml-crashes-app — GianhTran, Aug 29 '18 at 01:09
@GianhTran I read that link before but I am still not sure one work but the other does not. Can Android only render 'basic' emoji but not fancier ones? I don't think so... — JJ Liu, Aug 29 '18 at 01:16

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '18 at 01:48

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Use HTML Entity (decimal) i.e. 👈 to add in strings.xml and use it in your app.

So your string will be:

<string name="emoji">Hi &#128072;</string>

Output:

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answered Aug 29 '18 at 01:48

Vikasdeep Singh

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 11:48

Using HTML encoding is not working for me, at least when using the HTML code as &#2764 for the red heart emoji in the translation editor. I copied the unicode number from https://emojipedia.org/emoji/%E2%9D%A4/

However, just pasting it as the emoji character from clipboard ❤️ direct into the translations editor worked just fine, and perhaps I needn't have worried at all.

Emoji in strings.xml file?

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