In Android Studio what is the correct syntax for android:text="SomeText @string/some_string SomeText"?

Question

In strings.xml file I have the following entry -

<string name="Rs">\u20B9</string>

Now in my activity_main.xml file when I have the entry -

android:text="@string/Rs"

the output on device is correctly shown as "₹"

But when I have the entry -

android:text="Pizza @string/Rs 350"

the output on my device is incorrectly shown as "Pizza @string/Rs 350"

How to correct this?

Payel Senapati · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-04T17:27:43.810

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You have put the following code in your strings.xml file -

<string name="pizza_price">Pizza \u20B9350</string>

and you have to put the following code in your activity_main.xml file -

android:text="@string/pizza_price"

edited Dec 04 '20 at 17:27

answered Dec 04 '20 at 16:42

Payel Senapati

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '20 at 16:08

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You can use this way for example you have user name and you want to store it as a string like this <string name="user_name">User Name </string>

answered Dec 04 '20 at 16:08

Mahmoud Sallam

sorry, you can use two separated text views.and assign the value for string for every one of them – Mahmoud Sallam Dec 04 '20 at 16:13
for simplicity you can get the text view and append the value in it with the value exists in the string fil. – Mahmoud Sallam Dec 04 '20 at 16:16
you can use this String mystring = getResources().getString(R.string.mystring); for getting the string symbol from strings file and append the value programmatically – Mahmoud Sallam Dec 04 '20 at 16:19

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