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POdecode string encoded in utf-8 format in android
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    copied!<p>I have a string which comes via an xml , and it is text in German. The characters that are German specific are encoded via the UTF-8 format. Before display the string I need to decode it. </p> <p><strong>I have tried the following:</strong></p> <pre><code>try { BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( new ByteArrayInputStream(nodevalue.getBytes()), "UTF8")); event.attributes.put("title", in.readLine()); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } </code></pre> <p><strong>I have also tried this:</strong></p> <pre><code>try { event.attributes.put("title", URLDecoder.decode(nodevalue, "UTF-8")); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } </code></pre> <p>None of them are working. How do I decode the German string</p> <p>thank you in advance.</p> <p><strong>UDPDATE:</strong></p> <pre><code>@Override public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException { // TODO Auto-generated method stub super.characters(ch, start, length); if (nodename != null) { String nodevalue = String.copyValueOf(ch, 0, length); if (nodename.equals("startdat")) { if (event.attributes.get("eventid").equals("187")) { } } if (nodename.equals("startscreen")) { imageaddress = nodevalue; } else { if (nodename.equals("title")) { // try { // BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader( // new InputStreamReader( // new ByteArrayInputStream(nodevalue.getBytes()), "UTF8")); // event.attributes.put("title", in.readLine()); // } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // // TODO Auto-generated catch block // e.printStackTrace(); // } catch (IOException e) { // // TODO Auto-generated catch block // e.printStackTrace(); // } // try { // event.attributes.put("title", // URLDecoder.decode(nodevalue, "UTF-8")); // } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // // TODO Auto-generated catch block // e.printStackTrace(); // } event.attributes.put("title", StringEscapeUtils .unescapeHtml(new String(ch, start, length).trim())); } else event.attributes.put(nodename, nodevalue); } } } </code></pre>
 

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