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Android Studio Farsi string

I'm trying to add items to a Spinner : 

private static final String[]paths = {"فارسی", "English"};

ddlFrom = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.ddlFrom);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(MainActivity.this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item,paths);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
ddlFrom.setAdapter(adapter);

But the result has problems with Persian string and my spinner in device shows "?????" instead of "فارسی"

for "English" it is correct.

please help me.

Solution

  • You need to set the file encoding of the file that contains the arabic text to UTF-8.

    You need to check your editor/IDE settings - for Android Studio go to Settings -> Editors -> File Encodings and check files and project encoding.

    This is how you change file encoding from inside Android-Studio.