How should I write three dots?

java ellipsis
Musterknabe picture Musterknabe · Nov 15, 2013 · Viewed 10.2k times · Source

Simple question: I want to set a TextView and in that I want to have three dots (Ellipsis). Like

Read more... <-- Now I'm sure I shouldn't just write ... into the String. How should I write these three dots?

Answer

Dawood ibn Kareem picture Dawood ibn Kareem · Nov 15, 2013

Write "\u2026" in your String literal. See http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm

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