Android string encoding and html entities converting

Question

There is a String in Android Java. How do I change it to another given encoding and replace HTML-entities such as & with &?

This is so that international symbols can be displayed correctly.

Tarsem Singh · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-14 20:46:06Z

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to decode Html String you can use Html.fromHtml()

like

Html.fromHtml((String) htmlCode).toString();

if you want reverse

than you can use TextUtils.htmlEncode()

answered Jul 14, 2013 at 20:39

Tarsem Singh

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Thanks. Replacing HTML entities works. About encoding yet have no tries.

this is not working any more, in googles documentations it is noted that this method is deprecated in API level 24.

Docs also state to use fromHtml(String source, int flags) instead.

wang willway · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-25 07:30:19Z

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You can add denpendency:

implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-text', version: '1.3'

And use StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml4(s), then get the result.

answered Mar 25, 2020 at 7:30

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