Arabic string with parameters invalid format

Question

I have some arabic text in the app that has parameters.

<string name="text_1">s$1% نقطة إلى  s%2$</string>

The problem is that IDE shows an error when I am using this string

Format string text_1 is not a valid format string so it should not be passed to String.format

For english I have

   <string name="text_1"> %1$s beans to %2$s</string>

which is working just fine.

edit:

So, 1,3 & 4 are working just fine, the problem is with 2

How i need to format my arabic parameters to be ok?

You have to use the same string format no matter what language file you're creating. (See the Android Developer docs for more info: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource#FormattingAndStyling) — Edric, Sep 09 '19 at 14:52
There's probably something wrong with the way you've defined the string. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45983711/android-handling-integer-1d-and-string-1s-arguments-for-right-to-left-l?rq=1 — Edric, Sep 09 '19 at 14:56
i am using the same format s$1% for other strings and they work fine — ghita, Sep 09 '19 at 14:57
Did you try inputting the inverted version of the formatter string? — Edric, Sep 09 '19 at 14:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '19 at 14:50

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I just copied your code and it works fine.

Try to:

This question was answered here with a similar issue:

answered Sep 09 '19 at 14:50

NobodyIsPerfect

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This is because OP is actually using an invalid format of defining a format string, not because of possible build problems: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource#FormattingAndStyling – Edric Sep 09 '19 at 14:53

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '19 at 14:38

-2

Also when using Arabic text, you should use

%1$s and %2$s

not

s$1% and s%2$

answered Sep 09 '19 at 14:38

Yoav Gibri

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