Apostrophe not preceded by \

Question

I have a string defined in an android application:

<string name="search_occurs">'{string}' occurs {times}</string>

This gives the error: Apostrophe not preceded by \ (in '{string}' occurs {times})

I've tried a number of things to fix this:

<string name="search_occurs">\'{string}\' occurs {times}</string>
<string name="search_occurs">&apos;{string}&apos; occurs {times}</string>
<string name="search_occurs"><![CDATA['{string}' occurs {times}]]></string>
<string name="search_occurs"><![CDATA[\'{string}\' occurs {times}]]></string>

I'm not able to get rid of the error. What am I missing?

After I added a backslash in front of apostrophe, it turned to be necessary to `Clean` and rebuild entire project for Eclipse to stop complaining about the error. — Stan, Oct 05 '13 at 16:55

score 94 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '13 at 14:52

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these should both work according to http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html#FormattingAndStyling:

<string name="search_occurs">\'{string}\' occurs {times}</string>
<string name="search_occurs">"'{string}' occurs {times}"</string>

answered Mar 29 '13 at 14:52

John Boker

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First one worked for me not tested second one. Great work – VVB Aug 27 '15 at 14:06
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both should, and in both cases android studio trims quotes and backslash before build, also it converts \u0027 into single quote and then display error. – El' Sep 13 '16 at 10:20

score 46 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '13 at 06:06

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just put \ before ' in your string It's FALSE It\'s TRUE :)

answered Jun 24 '13 at 06:06

Real Hyder

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Is there cleaner way of doing this? I am localizing my app to French and my string folder contains a lot of text. So going through all the text and adding backslash is obviously not the best idea. – The_Martian Nov 25 '16 at 20:24
No that's the only way. – Крум Илиев Dec 01 '16 at 13:52
@The_Martian I'm having the same problem, did you find a way other than the suggested one? – Nobody Apr 26 '17 at 19:18

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 29 '13 at 14:52

Why don't you provide the ' with the string you replace it with?

Also you know constructs like this?

<string name="profile_age_range_text_between">between %1$d and %2$d</string>
<string name="unit_height_inches">%1$d\'%2$d ft</string>
<string name="unit_distance_miles">%s mi</string>

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 08 '17 at 06:56

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Replace Your apostrophe (') with (\') or add \ before every (')

note: copy only inside () text

answered Aug 08 '17 at 06:56

saigopi.me

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Suragch · Answer 5 · 2017-09-29T23:08:03.290

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Make sure that you are editing the correct file. As this answer states, when you get the error, Android Studio opens a values.xml file, which looks similar to your original file. You have to add the \ in the original strings.xml file (or wherever the offending character is). Otherwise it will just keep repeating the error.

edited Sep 29 '17 at 23:08

answered Aug 28 '17 at 09:06

Suragch

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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In answer to https://stackoverflow.com/users/3339394/the-martian There is general solution for replacing ' by \' you have to copy the text into a word editor(like Notepad ++) and then by using the "replace" option in the program replace whole 's with \' . (cause I've not enough reputation i had to write it in an answer sorry!)

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Community

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answered Mar 26 '17 at 14:22

Farhad

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 07:16

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This Error Is Caused By An Apostrophe Used In String

Replace Apostrophe With \' Thats All

answered Jul 20 '17 at 07:16

Muhammad Farooq Arshad

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score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 21 '17 at 07:27

I got the solution based on my scenario.

select your string.xml file
Right click and open show in explorer
Edit the line from the string.xml file and save the code.
Reopen Android studio and refresh the solution.

Now the code will run.

Note: I got the error in using Apostrophe on can't. so i change into Cannot. Now my scenario will works.

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