How to post string with special character and Thai Language using XML parsing in Objective C?

Question

I am new in iOS and I am facing problem regarding to post string containing special character.

My code is like this in DidFinishLoading:

 NSXMLParser *myNSXMLParserPostObj=[[NSXMLParser alloc]initWithData:myNSMDataPostFromServer];
        myNSXMLParserPostObj.delegate=self;
        [myNSXMLParserPostObj parse];
        NSLog(@"%@",myNSXMLParserPostObj.parserError);
        NSString *responseStringWithEncoded = [[NSString alloc] initWithData: myNSMDataPostFromServer encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        //NSLog(@"Response from Server : %@", responseStringWithEncoded);
        NSAttributedString * attrStr = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithData:[responseStringWithEncoded dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding] options:@{ NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute: NSHTMLTextDocumentType } documentAttributes:nil error:nil];
        serverResponse.attributedText = attrStr;
        NSString *Str =serverResponse.text;
        NSLog(@"Server Response =%@",Str);
        UIAlertView *alert3 = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Success"
                                                         message:@"Complaint Added Successfully"
                                                        delegate:self
                                               cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
                                               otherButtonTitles:nil];

For getting data from web service I am using code like this:

loginStatusZone = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes: [myNSMDatazoneFromServer mutableBytes] length:[myNSMDatazoneFromServer length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"loginStatus =%@",loginStatusZone);
        NSError *parseError = nil;
        NSDictionary *xmlDictionary = [XMLReader dictionaryForXMLString:loginStatusZone error:&parseError];
        NSLog(@"JSON DICTIONARY = %@",xmlDictionary);
        recordResultZone = [xmlDictionary[@"success"] integerValue];
        NSLog(@"Success: %ld",(long)recordResultZone);
        NSDictionary* Address=[xmlDictionary objectForKey:@"soap:Envelope"];
        NSLog(@"Address Dict = %@",Address);
        NSDictionary *new =[Address objectForKey:@"soap:Body"];
        NSLog(@"NEW DICT =%@",new);
        NSDictionary *LoginResponse=[new objectForKey:@"FillZonesNewResponse"];
        NSLog(@"Login Response DICT =%@",LoginResponse);
        NSDictionary *LoginResult=[LoginResponse objectForKey:@"FillZonesNewResult"];
        NSLog(@"Login Result =%@",LoginResult);
        if(LoginResult.count>0)
        {
            NSLog(@"Login Result = %@",LoginResult);
            NSLog(@"Login Result Dict =%@",LoginResult);
            NSString *teststr =[[NSString alloc] init];
            teststr =[LoginResult objectForKey:@"text"];
            NSLog(@"Test String Value =%@",teststr);
            NSString *string = [LoginResult valueForKey:@"text"];

            NSData *data = [string dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
            zoneresponsedict = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
            idzonearray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
            idzonearray=[zoneresponsedict valueForKey:@"ZoneId"];
            NSLog(@"Result Array =%@",idzonearray);
            shortnamezonearray=[[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
            shortnamezonearray=[zoneresponsedict valueForKey:@"ZoneName"];
            NSLog(@"Result Array =%@",shortnamezonearray);
        }

If I add special character then it shows me error as

Domain=NSXMLParserErrorDomain Code=111 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSXMLParserErrorDomain error 111.)"

How can I post data with special character.

I am adding something like this in Thai language

But I am getting this:

Same with Hindi

Output is getting like this

But when anyone add Thai language using Android or website I get proper text in Thai. Only problem is with this post code.

What is your special character, could you share (part of) your xml file with and without it? Error code 111 could indicate malformed xml file: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20454853/nsxmlparsererrordomain-111 — koen, Apr 21 '17 at 11:50
@Koen No I directly need to pass it as it is. Because I also need to pass it in thai language.I do not want to replace string. — Muju, Apr 21 '17 at 12:03
Please read this, maybe it is helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091945/what-characters-do-i-need-to-escape-in-xml-documents — koen, Apr 21 '17 at 12:08
Did you try different string encodings, `NSUTF8StringEncoding` may not be the right one for Thai? — koen, Apr 21 '17 at 12:14
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/142282/discussion-between-koen-and-muju). — koen, Apr 21 '17 at 12:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '19 at 06:47

You can replace your string so that it will allow you to send special character. You can use string method stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString

 NSString *RaisedBy="Your Special character string";
        RaisedBy = [RaisedBy stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@"&amp;"];
        RaisedBy = [RaisedBy stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<" withString:@"&lt;"];
        RaisedBy = [RaisedBy stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">" withString:@"&gt;"];
        RaisedBy = [RaisedBy stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"'" withString:@"&apos;"];
        RaisedBy = [RaisedBy stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet]];

This code will also support thai language.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '17 at 11:57

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You will need to write the &<> as follows, just like in an html file:

&amp; &lt; &gt;

answered Apr 21 '17 at 11:57

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