how to decode characters in utf - 8 format in android
<p>i have the following text in my strings.xml file</p>

<p>\n\nSVG Service Verlags GmbH &amp; Co. KG \n
        Schwertfegerstra?e 1-3\n
        D-23556 L?beck\n</p>

<p>this is german text.
i need to decode this using utf-8 and then set it as text of a textview.
how do i go about this</p>

<p>thank you in advance.</p>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>i have tried the following</p>

<p>String decodedstring = URLDecoder.decode(nodevalue, "UTF-8");</p>

<p>this also does not work. why does this not work?</p>
