diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index 3385321ed..7ddaffde9 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -123,4 +123,29 @@ public class StringUtils {
 		}
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
+
+	public static String escapeResStrValue(String str) {
+		int len = str.length();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = str.charAt(i);
+			switch (c) {
+				case '&': sb.append("&amp;"); break;
+				case '<': sb.append("&lt;"); break;
+				case '>': sb.append("&gt;"); break;
+				case '"': sb.append("\\\""); break;
+				case '\'': sb.append("\\'"); break;
+
+				case '\n': sb.append("\\n"); break;
+				case '\r': sb.append("\\r"); break;
+				case '\t': sb.append("\\t"); break;
+				case '\b': sb.append("\\b"); break;
+				case '\f': sb.append("\\f"); break;
+				default:
+					sb.append(c);
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/xmlgen/ResXmlGen.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/xmlgen/ResXmlGen.java
index a093321fe..d643931b2 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/xmlgen/ResXmlGen.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/xmlgen/ResXmlGen.java
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ public class ResXmlGen {
 			cw.add(' ').add(attrName).add("=\"").add(attrValue).add('"');
 		}
 		cw.add('>');
-		cw.add(StringUtils.escapeResValue(valueStr));
+		if (typeName.equals("string")) {
+			cw.add(StringUtils.escapeResStrValue(valueStr));
+		} else {
+			cw.add(StringUtils.escapeResValue(valueStr));
+		}
 		cw.add("</").add(typeName).add('>');
 	}