XML not well formed exception - on specific characters

Question

Hi I am trying to make an arrow buttons with the characters: "<" , ">"
For some reason it screams on : android:text="<"
If I change to "*" for example, it will get complied successfully what should I change?

Answer 1

Try using &lt; for < and &gt; for > instead inside the double quotes.

android:text="<"

or

android:text=">"