How to put < or > in an android button

Question

Eclipse doesn't accept the less than symbol for the button text, is there a way to escape it so it shows on the button?

    <Button android:id="@+id/button_prev_line"
        android:text="<line"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Answer 1

have you tried < or <

Answer 2

Have you tried < and >.

Answer 3

escape it < with < and > with >

in general you should escape the following characters:

< &lt;
> &gt;
" &quot;
& &amp;