cargo +nightly generate-metadata
Use ink_prelude::string::String
#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
use ink_lang as ink;
#[ink::contract]
mod foo {
use ink_prelude::string::String;
// ...
}
And don't forget to add ink_prelude to your [dependencies] section in your .toml
see: https://paritytech.github.io/ink/ink_prelude/string/struct.String.html