How to put a "-" in string.xml file

Question

I need to be able to put a "-" in the string inside my strings.xml file.

My problem is that when I am putting my string which is "1261eba2-9d8c-11e1-93e3-40409e0f44a1", eclipse yells:

Multiple annotations found at this line: - Replace "-" with an "en dash" character (–, &;#8211;)

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

So, when you read the error message, your answer will be that you have to replace - with –. Then it should work fine =)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash

Answer 2

The other answers are OK for when you want to display the string to the user. The user can't really tell the difference between a "real" dash and the unicode trickery.
But, if you really must have the dash (e.g. because that string is used as a password somewhere, or as a url key for an API) then you can just use this format:

<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" tools:ignore="TypographyDashes">     <string name="EVA_API_KEY">3c42b725-5e20-41c8-982f-dee40be8a05b</string> </resources> 

The warning will be removed and the string can be read using the regular:

getResources().getString(R.string.EVA_API_KEY);