string encoding, mobile encoding

Question

I have a strings.xml file with all my app string, I have some simbols like €, and I having trouble with them.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
     <string name="currency"> € </string>
</resources></resources>

They usually shows fine, but not in all devices:

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How can I auto-detect the configuration in the device?

Yangfan · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 17:13:35Z

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You can create string files for different languages. Please read "Supporting Different Languages".

answered Mar 11, 2013 at 17:13

Yangfan

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user1256477 · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-19 09:58:52Z

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I found the problem, in the java class I had:

 webCost.loadData(cost, "text/html", null);

And it should be:

  webAbout.loadDataWithBaseURL(null, aboutStr, "text/html","utf-8", null);

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 9:58

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rene · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-11 21:21:00Z

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You should use Unicode Character for Currency symbol.

so instead of

<string name="currency"> € </string>

use this one

 <string name="pound">\u00a3</string>
 <string name="euro">\u20ac</string>

This will uni formally look same in all the devices. This will surely solve your issue.

rene

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answered Mar 11, 2013 at 17:26

Amit Gupta

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