Cant insert a string in android resource file without getting an error

Question

How an I suppress this error:

<resources>
<string name='app_name'>PhoneMates</string>
<string name='app_url'>phonemates</string>
<string name='dom_url'>http://example.com/services/directlinkhandler.ashx?wid=124962546435&LinkID=1133&queryid=138&cid=8&promocode=GTJRPM</string>
<string name='loading'>Loading...</string>

It points me to the dom_url link and tells me that there has been an error. The reference to LinkID must end with ';' delimiter.

How can I prevent/suppress that error, while maintaining the link?

Answer 1

Try replacing your & (ampersands) with &.

I have confirmed that this works in my environment. The reason is that it will think everything past the ampersand is an ampersand character code.