Why remove the first space from strings.xml

Issue

When I call something from the string.xml I get less, remove, the first space. Why?

<string name="s_basket_hun"> kosara</string>
<string name="s_basket_en">s basket</string>//removed the apostrophe

val cellValue = CustomerName + resources.getString(R.string.s_basket_hun)

I get just "kosara" instead " kosara"

There may be some wildcards like & nbsp; in html

Solution

It's normal check the reference https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource#escaping_quotes

Whitespace collapsing and Android escaping happens after your resource file gets parsed as XML. This means that     (space, punctuation space, Unicode Em space) all collapse to a single space (" "), because they are all Unicode spaces after the file is parsed as an XML. To preserve those spaces as they are, you can either quote them ("    ") or use Android escaping ( \u0032 \u8200 \u8195).

So you have three alternatives

1- Use "

<string name="s_basket_hun">" kosara"</string>

2- Use HTML Code " (that is the same of ")

<string name="s_basket_hun">&quot; kosara&quot;</string>

3- Add space via code

val yourString = resources.getString(R.string.s_basket_hun)
val cellValue = "$CustomerName $yourString"

Answered By - appersiano