Add tick mark (✔) to string.xml

Question

I am adding tick mark (✔) on a string message on the strings.xml, but I am getting a \"box\" instead of the tick mark when I am display that on the mobile device.<

Answer 1

Check this android's group thread: Supported unicode characters.

Instead of using an unicode value, I would also recommend you to use a Drawable inside a TextView. For example, you can add the drawable to the TextView using android:drawableRight.

Answer 2

You could use Html.fromHtml to get a Spannable text and set it to your text view. In string.xml you will specify the corresponding HTML entity such as >

Answer 3

Add unicode symbol "\u2713" to your string resource or you can use it from code as String object.

String checkedMark = "\u2713";

Answer 4

Try using ✓ as the string value, then use Html.fromHtml to parse the string.