diff --git a/src/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java b/src/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
index 9bec86eb..66d062f4 100644
--- a/src/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
+++ b/src/brut/androlib/res/AndrolibResources.java
@@ -470,11 +470,20 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
         }
     }
 
-    public static String escapeForResXml(String value) {
+    public static String escapeTextForResXml(String value) {
+        return escapeTextForResXml(value, true);
+    }
+
+    public static String escapeTextForResXml(String value,
+            boolean escapeChars) {
         if (value.isEmpty()) {
             return value;
         }
 
+        if (escapeChars) {
+            value = escapeCharsForResXml(value);
+        }
+
         StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(value.length() + 10);
         char[] chars = value.toCharArray();
 
@@ -486,9 +495,7 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
         }
 
         boolean space = true;
-        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
-            char c = chars[i];
-
+        for (char c : chars) {
             if (c == ' ') {
                 if (space) {
                     out.append("\\u0020");
@@ -500,16 +507,6 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
             }
 
             space = false;
-            switch (c) {
-                case '\\':
-                case '\'':
-                case '"':
-                    out.append('\\');
-                    break;
-                case '\n':
-                    out.append("\\n");
-                    continue;
-            }
             out.append(c);
         }
 
@@ -521,6 +518,35 @@ final public class AndrolibResources {
         return out.toString();
     }
 
+    public static String escapeCharsForResXml(String value) {
+        if (value.isEmpty()) {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(value.length() + 10);
+        for (char c : value.toCharArray()) {
+            switch (c) {
+                case '\\':
+                case '\'':
+                case '"':
+                    out.append('\\');
+                    break;
+                case '\n':
+                    out.append("\\n");
+                    continue;
+                case '&':
+                    out.append("&amp;");
+                    continue;
+                case '<':
+                    out.append("&lt;");
+                    continue;
+            }
+            out.append(c);
+        }
+
+        return out.toString();
+    }
+
     private final static Logger LOGGER =
         Logger.getLogger(AndrolibResources.class.getName());
 }
diff --git a/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/AXmlResourceParser.java b/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/AXmlResourceParser.java
index 02efaad9..b9d2333d 100644
--- a/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/AXmlResourceParser.java
+++ b/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/AXmlResourceParser.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class AXmlResourceParser implements XmlResourceParser {
         int valueType = m_attributes[offset + ATTRIBUTE_IX_VALUE_TYPE];
         if (valueType == TypedValue.TYPE_STRING) {
             int valueString = m_attributes[offset + ATTRIBUTE_IX_VALUE_STRING];
-            return AndrolibResources.escapeForResXml(
+            return AndrolibResources.escapeTextForResXml(
                 m_strings.getString(valueString));
         }
         int valueData = m_attributes[offset + ATTRIBUTE_IX_VALUE_DATA];
diff --git a/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java b/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
index e695d8e1..c08d5659 100644
--- a/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
+++ b/src/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package brut.androlib.res.decoder;
 
+import brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources;
 import brut.util.ExtDataInput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class StringBlock {
         }
         int[] style = getStyle(index);
         if (style == null) {
-            return escapeForXml(raw);
+            return AndrolibResources.escapeTextForResXml(raw);
         }
         StringBuilder html = new StringBuilder(raw.length() + 32);
         int[] opened = new int[style.length / 3];
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ public class StringBlock {
                     break;
                 }
                 if (offset <= end) {
-                    html.append(escapeForXml(raw.substring(offset, end + 1)));
+                    html.append(AndrolibResources.escapeCharsForResXml(
+                        raw.substring(offset, end + 1)));
                     offset = end + 1;
                 }
                 html.append('<');
@@ -158,7 +160,8 @@ public class StringBlock {
             }
             depth = j + 1;
             if (offset < start) {
-                html.append(escapeForXml(raw.substring(offset, start)));
+                html.append(AndrolibResources.escapeCharsForResXml(
+                    raw.substring(offset, start)));
                 offset = start;
             }
             if (i == -1) {
@@ -170,11 +173,7 @@ public class StringBlock {
             style[i + 1] = -1;
             opened[depth++] = i;
         }
-        return html.toString();
-    }
-
-    private String escapeForXml(String txt) {
-        return txt.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;");
+        return AndrolibResources.escapeTextForResXml(html.toString(), false);
     }
 
     /**