How to remove spaces in Android string resource caused by XML newline?

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I have a very long string in my Android project, so I split it across multiple lines:

<string name="my_str">
    AAAAAAAAAAA
    BBBBBBBBBBB
</string>

When I use this string, I get AAAAAAAAAAA BBBBBBBBBBB. Is there a way to get rid of the space in the middle? (I want AAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBB)

Obviously I could put the entire string on one line, but that's not very maintainable.

Edit: The string (AAA...BBB) can contain spaces; I only want to remove the spaces created by the newline in the XML.

what if you break with shift+enter?

Serg Chernata
– Serg Chernata

2017-01-11 20:58:31 +00:00
Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 20:58 — Serg Chernata
– Serg Chernata, Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 20:58

David Kasabji · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-11 20:58:12Z

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To remove all whitespaces and non-visible characters (e.g. tab, newline,..):

mystring.replaceAll("\\s+", "");

or to remove new-lines

mystring.replaceAll("\n","");

answered Jan 11, 2017 at 20:58

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Trinimon · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-11 20:59:35Z

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So remove all white spaces from beginning and from end:

myString = myString.replaceAll("^\\s+","").replaceAll("\\s+$","");

Check out the documentation: ^ is for beginning, $ for end. \s means any white space like tabs, spaces, etc.

answered Jan 11, 2017 at 20:59

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EtherPaul · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-11 20:56:40Z

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myString = myString.replaceAll(" ","");

answered Jan 11, 2017 at 20:56

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Andrew Sun Over a year ago

Sorry if my question wasn't clear, I only want to remove the extra spaces created by the newline in the XML.

EtherPaul Over a year ago

Yes, probably I understood your question wrongly. I paid attention to this part: "I get AAAAAAAAAAA BBBBBBBBBBB. Is there a way to get rid of the space in the middle? (I want AAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBB )" so I am sorry for inappropriate answer. To remove newline symbol you can use "\n" instead of " ".

Rahul Rokade · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-20 07:34:46Z

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Remove white space in string array It's very simple to remove from white space in string array. for example:- String rahul = 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Solution :

rahul.trim().replaceAll("\\s","");

output is : 12,13,14,15,16

answered Dec 20, 2022 at 7:34

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