(Android™) StringBuilder Encode Charset

Demonstrates the importance of the charset argument when encoding/decoding.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads Android™ Java Libraries Android C/C++ Libraries

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    String s = "é é é";

    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();

    sb.Append(s);
    sb.EntityDecode();

    // The string now contains: "é é é"
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getAsString());

    // If encoded to hex using the iso-8859-1 charset, 
    // each é char is represented in 1 byte.
    // Output: E920E920E9
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getEncoded("hex","iso-8859-1"));

    // If encoded to hex using the utf-8 charset, 
    // each é char is represented in 2 bytes.
    // Output: C3A920C3A920C3A9
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getEncoded("hex","utf-8"));

    // Here's utf-16
    // Output: E9002000E9002000E900
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getEncoded("hex","utf-16"));

    // utf-32
    // Output: E900000020000000E900000020000000E9000000
    Log.i(TAG, sb.getEncoded("hex","utf-32"));

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}