Android Studio strings.xml: ‘NBSP’ suddenly appeared in my strings.xml files

I suddenly have the mention ‘NBSP’ in my strings.xml files, just before special characters (!, ?, ….)

These ‘NBSP’ do not appear in my app when I run it. Also, when I do a copy/paste, they are not copied.

I have hundreds of them in many languages. They are not found in Android Studio by CTRL+F. A mess to remove…

Any idea how to solve this problem?

Thanks

Answer

No need to worry or do anything about them.

It’s a non-breaking space character that renders as a space but prevents line breaks at that point.