Special characters in a TextView

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I want to show the "♫" character in an Android TextView, but it shows [] instead.

This is my code:

txtCatname.setText("♫");

How can I display this symbol correctly?

This means that the font lacks this particular Unicode glyph. Use a different font. — CommonsWare, May 12 '14 at 12:06

Phantômaxx · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-12T12:13:14.860

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You can use an Unicode code: http://unicode-table.com/en/.

Such as:

txtCatname.setText("\u266b");

or alternatively use an iconic font, such as font awesome:
http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/

Use this alternative (or any other iconic font you like), in case this character isn't supported (not all Unicode characters are supported).

edited May 12 '14 at 12:13

answered May 12 '14 at 12:05

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One notice. In strings.xml the only way is to use html codes of chars i.e. for \u266B equivalent is ♫ so define `♫` – Vlad Feb 09 '16 at 09:10
hi bro how can add this character " – marlonpya Mar 29 '18 at 18:59

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 21 '16 at 06:25

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Try this:

String str = "♫";
byte spbyte[] = str.getBytes("UTF-8"); 
str = new String( spbyte,"UTF-8");
txtCatname.setText(str);

If it doesn't work, try this:

String str = "♫";
txtCatname.setText(Html.fromHtml(str));

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answered May 12 '14 at 12:05

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.setText(Html.fromHtml(str)); This part makes your answer the best one. At least for my case! – Andris Feb 11 '19 at 10:56

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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If nothing else helps, you can either:

use a custom font (e.g. http://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_custom_fonts.htm or Add custom font for complete android application ) or
add an image: How to add image in a TextView text?

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 27 '16 at 14:01

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That is common when the source file is encoded as ANSI. Converting the source file as UTF-8 (without BOM) will likely solve the issue.

answered Apr 27 '16 at 14:01

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 07:12

This seems pretty simple now:

Simply go to unicode list and choose your unicode and copy go it.
Go to strings.xml and paste it. This will paste the unicode character instead of it's code and use it in your xml as a normal string.

Hope this will help you.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 14 '19 at 11:24

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Simply append the symbol as a string in your string.xml By adding double quotes to the special character.

answered Jul 14 '19 at 11:24

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