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Asked: 2026-05-23T02:59:52+00:00

I have a current Android app that uses i18n via resources. res/values-es/strings.xml and so

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I have a current Android app that uses i18n via resources. res/values-es/strings.xml and so on. When I test it on a device with the language set to Espanol it pulls the correct resources, from the values-es file, but the accent characters are way out of whack.

For example, I want to use the lowercase o with an accent (ó). I have tried with the actual character in the strings.xml file (using the character map on Ubuntu to create the string) and with the entity, in either case it comes out like some other character set accent I don’t recognize:

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The same character looks perfect WITHIN strings.xml when using many different text editors. And the file is UTF-8 (tried recreating it with the Android “wizard” tool in Eclipse to make sure).

strings.xml

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <resources>
            <string name="label_app_version">Versión</string>
    </resources>

Now I’ve used French, and German before in other Android apps, with all sorts of accents, and haven’t seen this problem, so I’m entirely confused at the moment. What am I doing wrong this time?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I finally solved this one. I was using a font and calling setTypeface earlier in the code. The font I’m using must not have the special characters needed for the other languages. I need to check to make sure my user’s are using a locale that my font supports before setting the font.

    I should have realized this and checked it earlier.

    So the bottom line is this, if you get strange results with certain characters in different locales, make sure you’re not using fonts that don’t support those characters. Fall back to not using a font (don’t call setTypeface) and test that way.

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