How to make a new line or tab in <string> XML (eclipse/android)?

Question

So, in my strings.xml I have a very long text which I want to format somehow. How can I put a tab before the first sentence of the text? Also, what is the code for new line? Thanks

Answer 1

Add \t for tab and \n for new line.

Answer 2

Use \n for a line break and \t if you want to insert a tab.

You can also use some XML tags for basic formatting: <b> for bold text, <i> for italics, and <u> for underlined text

More info:

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html

Answer 3

\n didn't work for me. So I used <br/> HTML tag

<string name="message_register_success">
    Sign up is complete. <br/>
    Enjoy a new shopping life at fatherofapps.com!!
</string>

Answer 4

Use \t to add tab and \n for new line, here is a simple example below.

<string name="list_with_tab_tag">\tbanana\torange\tblueberry\tmango</string>
<string name="sentence_with_new_line_tag">This is the first sentence\nThis is the second scentence\nThis is the third sentence</string>

Answer 5

add this line at the top of string.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

and use

'\n'

from where you want to break your line.

ex. <string> Hello world. \n its awesome. <string>

Output:

Hello world.
its awesome.

Answer 6

You can use \n for new line and \t for tabs. Also, extra spaces/tabs are just copied the way you write them in Strings.xml so just give a couple of spaces where ever you want them.

A better way to reach this would probably be using padding/margin in your view xml and splitting up your long text in different strings in your string.xml

Answer 7

\n doesn't seem to work for tools:text

You can use <br/> to get a preview including line breaks, but it won't show up on the device unless you format the text using something like Html.fromHtml()

Answer 8

Add '\t' for tab

<string name="tab">\u0009</string>

Answer 9

• Include this line in your layout xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
• Now , use \n for new line and \t for space like tab.

• Example :

  for \n : android:text="Welcome back ! \nPlease login to your account agilanbu"

  for \t : android:text="Welcome back ! \tPlease login to your account agilanbu"

Answer 10

Really all of the above did not work for me in Android Studio 4. What worked was:

<br>first line\n</br>second line

Note: Both \n and br-tags was needed.

Answer 11

for space use \t and for a new line use \n in your XML string...

<string name="name">\tFirst Sentence\nSecond Sentence</string>

output will be

    First Sentence
Second Sentence