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Multiple annotations found at this line: - error: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token) - The value of attribute "android:text" associated with an element type "Button" must not contain the '<'

<Button
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:text="<"
  android:id="@+id/button3"
  android:layout_alignTop="@+id/button2"
  android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/button2"
  android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/button2" />

there is error is line:

  android:text="<"

possible duplicate of [Use special symbol (<, >) in layout design in Android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6125160/use-special-symbol-in-layout-design-in-android) — Rittel, Sep 10 '15 at 06:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '15 at 06:17

The layout files are just xml and the & symbol is not allowed by itself. You will need to use "&followed by the predefined name" to use that symbol.

The below are the various xml and html attributes that can be used in programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references#Predefined_entities_in_XML

"Multiple annotations found at this line"

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