How to keep the spaces at the end and/or at the beginning of a String?
android, string-concatenation
Solution
Even if you use string formatting, sometimes you still need white spaces at the beginning or the end of your string. For these cases, neither escaping with `\`, nor `xml:space` attribute helps. You must use HTML entity ` ` for a whitespace.
Use ` ` for non-breakable whitespace. Use ` ` for regular space.
Problem
I have to concatenate these two strings from my resource/value files: ``` <string name="Toast_Memory_GameWon_part1">you found ALL PAIRS ! on </string> <string name="Toast_Memory_GameWon_part2"> flips !</string> ``` I do it this way : ``` String message_all_pairs_found = getString(R.string.Toast_Memory_GameWon_part1)+total_flips+getString(R.string.Toast_Memory_GameWon_part2); Toast.makeText(this, message_all_pairs_found, 1000).show(); ``` But the spaces at the end of the first string and at the beginning of the second string have disappeared (when the Toast is shown) ... What should I do ? I guess the answer is somewhere here in this documentation link or is it something like using `& ;` for the "&" character ??