How to decode special character in Xamarin forms?

Question

How to decode spacial character in xamairn forms

Inside my label text = "Sample & Text" instead of showing original text, its showing "Sample & Text"

so how to solve this?

Do you want to display '&' with the text? – Himanshu Dwivedi May 27 '19 at 11:40 — Himanshu Dwivedi, May 27 '19 at 11:40
Yes I want to show &.How to do that? – Vidhya May 27 '19 at 11:42 — Vidhya, May 27 '19 at 11:42
I have posted the answer check if it works for you – Himanshu Dwivedi May 27 '19 at 11:52 — Himanshu Dwivedi, May 27 '19 at 11:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '19 at 03:26

& is used for displaying & in XAML. If you want to display Sample & Text on code behind, there's no need to encode it to Sample & Text. You could set the value directly. i.e. here is a list view's items source:

var list = new List<string>();
for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
{
    var str = "Sample & Text";
    list.Add(str);
}
listView.ItemsSource = list;

It shows correctly:

However, if your original text from the server is Sample & Text and you want to display the decoded format, you can try System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode():

var str = System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlDecode("Sample &amp; Text");

Himanshu Dwivedi · Answer 2 · 2019-05-27T11:44:28.887

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Try this:

<Label Text="Sample &amp;Text"/>

This will display "Sample & Text"

edited May 27 '19 at 11:44

answered May 27 '19 at 11:38

Himanshu Dwivedi

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I have a listview,so how to do this inside Listview label? – Vidhya May 27 '19 at 11:54
You can simply append "&" with the string, & is required when is it used directly from XAML – Himanshu Dwivedi May 27 '19 at 12:14
actually the text are coming form server and saved into local database(sqlite).and this data getting from local db so that is the reason its showing the encoded value.how to solve this? – Vidhya May 27 '19 at 12:17
You can write a logic to find substring & and replace with "&" – Himanshu Dwivedi May 27 '19 at 12:23

How to decode special character in Xamarin forms?

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