Archived:Default encoding of Java Strings is ISO-8859-1 instead of UTF-8 on S60 2nd Edition (Known Issue)

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia 6600

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 2nd Edition

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Created: User:Technical writer 1 (20 Aug 2007)

Last edited: hamishwillee (18 Jun 2012)

Description

Default encoding is ISO-8859-1 instead of UTF-8.

Solution

When using data, which should be UTF-8, do not assume the default charset is UTF-8 but define it explicitly. For example:

 String s = new String(byteArray, "utf-8");