Converting a symbol to HTML entity code in Android

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Are there any classes that can take a symbol in a string that is typed in an editText box and replace it with the HTML entity code? Not take the HTML entity code and display the symbol.

For example: if a string is "2∏" is there anything prebuilt that can take it and return "2& #8719;"?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '12 at 15:20

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Yes there is ... the TextUtils helper class is included in the Android API

This class has methods for HTML encoding and many other useful functions

return TextUtils.htmlEncode("2∏");

The documentation for this method is htmlEncode

answered Jul 14 '12 at 15:20

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Merlin - I thought this would was working fine, but it only seems to encode for the & sign. All other symbols do not get encoded. Any thoughts? – ControlAltDelete Jul 16 '12 at 13:46

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '12 at 14:43

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I ended up using HTML.to (Spanned text).

answered Jul 21 '12 at 14:43

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Converting a symbol to HTML entity code in Android

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