How to put < or> in an android button

Question

Eclipse doesn\'t accept the less than symbol for the button text, is there a way to escape it so it shows on the button?

Answer 1

escape it < with < and > with >

in general you should escape the following characters:

< &lt;
> &gt;
" &quot;
& &amp;

Answer 2

have you tried < or <

Answer 3

Have you tried < and >.

Answer 4

Yes yoh need to try the

< &lt;
> &gt;