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I'm trying to convert a byte array to a string. The problem is that UTF-8 won't work. I can't show "ü", "ä" or something like this. Can anyone help me?

public static String byteToString(byte[] bytes) {
 String str = new String(bytes, Charsets.UTF_8);
 return str;
}

Would be nice if it works down until API 8 Android

asked Jul 14, 2014 at 5:20
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  • have you try new String(bytes, "UTF-8");? Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 5:22
  • That should work. Are you sure the data is UTF-8? How do you display it back? Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 5:23
  • Requires at least API 9. Yes I'm sure that the data is UTF-8 and I display it in a TextView with .setText() Commented Jul 14, 2014 at 14:14

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Try this instead:

String str = new String(bytes, Charset.forName("UTF8"));
answered Jul 14, 2014 at 5:22
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@Phil Just to help you better, can you please update your question by adding two things?: 1 - the byte array input, and 2 - the String you're expecting from such byte array
This does not work, It works in C# but not in Java.

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