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Degrees symbol (as in Degrees Celsius/Fahrenheit) in a TextView

Is there a way to include the small circular degrees symbol to a TextView? This would be for temperature readings, as in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. I'm wondering if anyone has done this programmatically before.

Solution

  • There is a Unicode symbol for Celsius degrees that you can use in Java: \u2103. For Fahrenheit you can use \u2109.

    I have confirmed this works on Android Nexus S running Android version 2.3.6.

    Example code: 

    temperatureValue.setText((result) + " \u2109");