Escaping "Grater than" and "Less than" symbols

[h6ah4i]

"Grater than" (>) and "Less than" (<) symbols should be converted as Entity Reference when exported as a XML file. If these symbols are used directly, incorrect XML file will be generated.

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Example of the issue

• String

  <ABC>

• Exported XML

  <string name="foo"><ABC></string>

  • NOTE: <ABC> will be treated as a TAG!!!

[ocram]

Please try changing the Output format to Android XML with escaped HTML when exporting. Does this help?

In general, it's valid to use <b>, <i> and <u> tags in Android XML for translations.

So we can't just encode any < and >. But we should be able to encode any < or > that is not part of one of these three tags.

[h6ah4i]

You are right, thank you.

I found the solution of this problem;

• Solution 1 :
• Solution 2 : \u003cABC\u003e

[ocram]

So did you try the "Output format" with a value of "Android XML with escaped"? Did it work for you?

Considering your solutions, I'd prefer not to wrap everything in a CDATA section, so number two would be the better one. However, it should be enough to use < or > for the brackets. There's no need for unicode sequences, is there?

[h6ah4i]

Thank you for your advice. Before introducing Localize, I used both entity referenced characters and CDATA sections in the same XML file.

Text resources were imported as follows:

• Entity referenced characters are keeped (Entity Reference handling (when importing from XML) #6)
• CDATA markers are removed

I tried both "Android XML" and "Android XML with escaped", but those results were not expected.

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Problem situation

Original XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="cdata_abc"><![CDATA[<ABC>]]></string>
    <string name="escaped_abc">&lt;ABC&gt;</string>
</resources>

Imported as

• <ABC>
• <ABC>

Exported XML (Android XML)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="cdata_abc"><ABC></string>
    <string name="escaped_abc">&#38;lt;ABC&#38;gt;</string>
</resources>

Exported XML (Android XML with escaped HTML)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="cdata_abc">&#60;ABC&#62;</string>
    <string name="escaped_abc">&#38;lt;ABC&#38;gt;</string>
</resources>

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My solution

Modified

• <![CDATA[<ABC>]]>
• \u003cABC\u003e

Exported XML (Android XML)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="cdata_abc"><![CDATA[<ABC>]]></string>
    <string name="escaped_abc">\u003cABC\u003e</string>
</resources>