How to make a new line or tab in XML (eclipse/android)?

Question

So, in my strings.xml I have a very long text which I want to format somehow. How can I put a tab before the first sentence of the text? Also, what is the code for new line? Tha

Answer 1

\n didn't work for me. So I used <br></br> HTML tag

    <string name="message_register_success">
Sign up is complete. <br></br>
 Enjoy a new shopping life at MageMobile!!
</string>

Answer 2

Use \n for a line break and \t if you want to insert a tab.

You can also use some XML tags for basic formatting: <b> for bold text, <i> for italics, and <u> for underlined text

More info:

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html