Special characters are not displayed in android

Question

I have an xml file containing words with special characters. For example:

<string name="test_text">"test¹, test², test⁶, test⁷ "</string>

When I use the string via the instruction:

((TextView) view.finViewdById(R.id.test)).setText(R.string.test_text);

the output will be:

test¹, test², test, test

I can not display the special characters:⁶, ⁷.

Can someone help me fix the problem?

Thank you!

Answer 1

I've just tested it using two options:

Log.d("TEST", getString(R.string.test_text));
Toast.makeText(this, getString(R.string.test_text), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

In the Toast it indeed appears as test¹, test², test, test , while in Logcat string appears correctly - test¹, test², test⁶, test⁷ - so it looks like everything is fine with the way you define your string resource.

My guess is that default font, used for UI, does not provide these characters ( ⁶ and ⁷ ). You can try using your own font from assets, making sure it has support for the required characters

Answer 2

你可以试试这个

((TextView) findViewById(R.id.test)).setText(getString(R.string.test_text, "UTF-8"));

Answer 3

Did you add the header on the xml file?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

If the problem is still happen or you need to ensure everything show correctly. You can save the String as a utf8 encoded code and parse it after read it out. Like what swing window builder do if you entering special character in Swing GUI window builder.