Android Replace "..." with ellipsis character

If you're using Eclipse then you can always do the following:

• Right click on the warning
• Select "Quick Fix" (shortcut is Ctrl + 1 by default)
• Select "Replace with suggested characters"

This should replace your three dots with the proper Unicode character for ellipsis.

Just a note: The latest version of ADT (21.1) sometimes won't do the replace operation properly, but earlier versions had no problem doing this.

This is the character: …

The solution to your problem is:

Go to Window -> Preferences -> Android -> Lint Error Checking

And search for "ellipsis". Change the warning level to "Info" or "Ignore".

… is the unicode for "…" so just replace it. It's better to have it as one char/symbol than three dots.

To make thing short just put … in place ...

Link to XML character Entities List

• Look at Unicode column of HTML for row named hellip